Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1985
Knockback: 2
Directed by
Piers Haggard
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
The story
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Cast
Pauline CollinsSylvia
Derrick O'ConnorAlan
Michelle MulvanyRuthie
Timothy JesselAdam
Diana RayworthJenny
Peggy AitchisonAlan's Mother
Arnold PetersGartree Officer
Julian HallGartree Officer
Laurence HarringtonClarke
Roger MonkTerry
Peter JohnPhil Strode
Graham LinesJonathan Lee
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Sally LaheeMary Wood
Robert PuttVerne Reception Officer
Vincent FriellVerne Prisoner
Peter CartwrightVerne Governor
Malcolm TerrisVisiting Room Officer
Frank CodaKitchen Officer
Billy RiddochKitchen Officer
Petronella BarkerVisitor
Olivier PierreCharles Le Page
Iain RattrayCID Officer
Ray SumbyMan at Party
Joanna Phillips-LaneWoman at Party
Geoffrey SwannAssistant Governor
Leslie GranthamPeter
Michael BarringtonInterviewer
Dave AndersonRock Band
Kenny PotterRock Band
Rab HandleighRock Band
David HicksRock Band
Joanne CairnsGo-Go Dancer
Katrina NormanGo-Go Dancer
Michael MacKenzieGovernor
Rowena IngramWhitehall Secretary
Peter EllisWhitehall PPS
Isabel LansdaleAmicus Secretary
Angus MacKayAmicus Chairman
Sean ArnoldAssistant Governor, Leyhill
Gavin HardingSteve
Ian BrimbleOfficer
Pamela MoiseiwitschSocial Worker
Brenda KempnerSally
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