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The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Film / 1998

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Directed by Bill Pryde

★ 9.0/101 votes

Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.

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Sue JohnstonPat Phoenix Denise BlackYoung Pat Phoenix Tony ScannellTony Booth Keith NewbyYoung Tony Booth Ian LindsayKeith Pollitt Pauline WhitakerPauline Pollitt John MiddletonTony Warren Sidney LivingstoneAlbert Lorraine PetersVelvey Mark ChattertonDHSS Investigator Trevor GreenNewsreader Ian KershawASM
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Vanessa Knox-MawerMake-Up Artist Peter LorenzelliDirector Simon MolloyHospital Consultant Sally AdamsHospital Sister Helen HeaslipIntensive Care Nurse Joe SimpsonJournalist Matt Healy1st Drunk Mark Stratton2nd Drunk Laura RichmondDHSS Investigator

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