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The White Bird Passes
Film / 1980

The White Bird Passes

Directed by Michael Radford

' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)

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' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)

Cast

Isobel BlackLiza Phyllis LoganJanie (age 16) Vicki MassonJanie (age 9) Irene Sunters Jean Faulds Binkie Darling Rose McBain James Kennedy Eileen McCallum Marjorie Dalziel Ian Stewart Sheila Donald
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Joanna Keddie Mary Riggans Joan Fitzpatrick Willie Joss Ron Paterson David Mowat Billy Riddoch Derek Anders

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