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30/08/1989 Romance, Comedy 1h 48m
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No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie.

Overview

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

  1. Lewis Gilbert

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Pauline Collins

    Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

  2. Tom Conti

    Costas Demitriadis

  3. Julia McKenzie

    Gillian

  4. Alison Steadman

    Jane

  5. Joanna Lumley

    Marjorie Majors

  6. Sylvia Syms

    Headmistress

  7. Bernard Hill

    Joe Bradshaw

  8. George Costigan

    Dougie

  9. Anna Keaveney

    Jeanette

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-03
Willy Russell adapted his own play for this tour de force from Pauline Collins as the bored housewife who spends much of her time at home guzzling wine and talking to the wall before her husband (Bernard Hill) comes home from work for his supper at 6pm prompt! When her friend "Jane" (Alison Steadman) wins an holiday on Mykonos for a fortnight, she invites "Shirley" to accompany her. She initially dithers but luckily a visit from her rather selfish daughter "Millandra" (Tracie Bennett) convinces her to head to the sunshine after all. Her pal doesn't even make it off the plane before she pulls, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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