Directed by:
Lewis GilbertScreenplay:
Willy RussellCinematography:
Frank WattsCast:
Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Maureen Lipman, Des Nealon, Alan Stanford, Michael Williams, Godfrey Quigley, Kim Fortune, Dearbhla Molloy, Gabrielle Reidy (more)Plots(1)
Working-class hairdresser Rita (Julie Walters) enrols for an adult education course in literature at her local university, determined to expand her mind. She is assigned alcoholic lecturer Dr Frank Bryant (Michael Caine), and as Rita's horizons broaden she begins to feel stifled by her home life. Simultaneously, Frank's academic career takes a turn for the worse as his drinking increases. (ITV DVD)
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Michael Caine
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Alan Stanford
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Michael Williams
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Kim Fortune
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Dearbhla Molloy
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Gabrielle Reidy
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