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TV series / 1969
Sinister Street
Episode directors
Rex Tucker
Sinister Street is a 1969 British television miniseries based on Compton Mackenzie's 1913-14 novel of the same name. Dramatised by Ray Lawler, the six-part serial stars Brett Usher, Gillian Hawser, Kate Lansbury, and Jo Kendall. Being the sole televised adaptation produced, all episodes were wiped and are believed to be lost. A psychological coming-of-age drama, two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella, are born out of wedlock, something considered taboo at the time, but …
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Sinister Street is a 1969 British television miniseries based on Compton Mackenzie's 1913-14 novel of the same name. Dramatised by Ray Lawler, the six-part serial stars Brett Usher, Gillian Hawser, Kate Lansbury, and Jo Kendall. Being the sole televised adaptation produced, all episodes were wiped and are believed to be lost.
A psychological coming-of-age drama, two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella, are born out of wedlock, something considered taboo at the time, but to rich parents.
Cast
Brett UsherMichael Fane
Gillian HawserStella Fane
Kate LansburyAnnie
Jo KendallMiss Carthew · Mrs Ross
Jeanne MoodyMrs Fane
David CollingsHenry Meats · Brother Aloysius
Michael OsborneAlan Merivale
Joan HicksonMrs Cleghorne
Elaine TaylorLily Haden
Robert JamesDickie Prescott
Valerie GearonSylvia Searlett
Edward CaddickSyd Carvell
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Jo RowbottomDaisy Palmer
Christopher MatthewsMark Chator
Harvey HallLord Saxby
Sylvia ColeridgeMrs Carthew
Betty HardyMrs Gainsborough
Sheena MarsheBelle
David ScheuerArthur Drake
Angela BaddeleyNanny
Kim BurfieldChild Michael
Robin LangfordYoung Michael
Arthur HewlettMr Prout
John GolightlyCaptain Ross
Vaune Craig-RaymondDora
Margaret TaylorWinnie
Ann CurthoysDoris Haden
Joan YoungMrs Haden
Anthony JacobsDom Cuthbert
Suzanne Owens-DuvalKate Powers
Lee MenziesParslowe
Edward DeemerInspector Murray
Tony ThawntonPoacher
Jane TuckerMusic Hall Singer
Oliver WhiteLonsdale
Valerie BellDolly Wearne
Alex DonoghueHungarian Dave
Diana KingMrs Smith
Henry B. LonghurstMagistrate
Susan CarpenterAnne Stilton
Damaris HaymanLady Stilton
Hope JackmanMiss Harper
Leonard TrolleyInspector Dawkins
Dennis AdamsPoliceman
Richard BealePriest
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