Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Caine

   Dr. Frank Bryant

2. 

   Julie Walters

   Rita Susan White

3. 

   Michael Williams

   Brian

4. 

   Maureen Lipman

   Trish

5. 

   Jeananne Crowley

   Julia

6. 

   Malcolm Douglas

   Denny

7. 

   Godfrey Quigley

   Rita's Father

8. 

   Dearbhla Molloy

   Elaine

9. 

   Kim Fortune

   Collins

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-08

As with "Blood Brothers", Willy Russell has created another wonderfully evocative scenario for a bored, alcoholic "Professor Bryant" (Michael Caine) who finds himself tutoring aspiring working-class "Rita" (Julie Walters). She is the product of a state education system that has given her the rudiments but she needs more; she wants to be able to make her own choices - and they don't necessarily include settling down with her husband and having babies. Initially she is as daunted as she is inspired by the more intellectual environment he, and his students, inhabit but gradually their personaliti...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• hairdresser
• literature professor
• based on play or musical
• university
• alcoholic