Movie: She's Been Away

Top 10 Billed Cast

Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft

Lillian Huckle

Geraldine James
Geraldine James

Harriet Ambrose

James Fox
James Fox

Hugh Ambrose

Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson

Matilda

Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon

Young Lillian

Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lloyd

George

Jackson Kyle
Jackson Kyle

Dominic Ambrose

Rosalie Crutchley
Rosalie Crutchley

Gladys

Cryss Jean Healey
Cryss Jean Healey

Young Margaret

Leslie Goodall
Leslie Goodall

Old Edward

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    A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband

  • Release Date

    1989-07-09

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
  • Tagline

    But her return set them both free

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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