Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)
19711h 30mTV MovieDrama
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Cast
Patricia HayesEdna
Barbara JeffordJosie, of 'Jesus Saves'- GGeraldine ShermanTrudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl HallVangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda DowieMother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'- DDenis CareyDoctor, at The Spike
- TTalfryn ThomasTramp
June WatsonAttendant, at The Spike
Kate WilliamsTeresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'- PPeggy AitchisonLil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Vivian MacKerrellTramp- JJohn TriggerGraham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
- AAmelia BayntunJessie, a Tramp
Malcolm TerrisPsychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital- JJo Maxwell MullerNina, Young GIrl, in Psychiatric Hospital
Walter SparrowCommon Lodging House Proprietor
Jerry VernoOld Man, at The Spike
Crew
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Writers
- Jeremy Sandford
- Producers
- Irene Shubik
- Editing
- Peter Coulson
Details
- Released
- October 21, 1971
- Language
- English
- Studio
- BBC
- IMDb
- tt0213630