The Dressmaker (1988)

Name: The Dressmaker
Director: Jim O'Brien
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1988-12-16
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom

19881h 32mDramaRomanceWar

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

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Cast

Joan PlowrightNellie
Billie WhitelawMargo
Pete PostlethwaiteJack
Jane HorrocksRita
Tim RansomWesley
Pippa HinchleyVal
Rosemary MartinMrs Manders
Tony HaygarthMr Manders
Michael James ReedChuck
Sam DouglasCpl Zawadski
BBert ParnabyMr Barnes
Lorraine AshbourneFactory Girl
MMandy WalshFactory Girl
Margi ClarkeShopwoman
AAndrew MoorcroftButcher's Boy
MMarie JellimanMrs O'Toole
RRita HowardProducer
GGerry WhiteSinger

Crew

Director: Jim O'Brien
Writers: John McGrath
Producers: John McGrath Ronald Shedlo
Music: George Fenton
Cinematography: Michael Coulter
Editing: William Diver

Details

Released: December 16, 1988
Language: English
Studio: Freeway/Shedlo Films, British Screen Productions, Film4 Productions
IMDb: tt0095066