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The Raging Moon( 1971)

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Overview

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Malcolm McDowell

      Bruce Pritchard

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      Nanette Newman

      Jill Matthews

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      Georgia Brown

      Sarah Charles

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      Bernard Lee

      Uncle Bob

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      Barry Jackson

      Bill Charles

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      Theresa Watson

      Gladys

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      Gerald Sim

      Rev. Corbett

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      Michael Flanders

      Clarence Marlow

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      Margery Mason

      Matron

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      Geoffrey Whitehead

      Harold

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      Christopher Chittell

      Terry

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      Jack Woolgar

      Bruce's Father

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      Norman Bird

      Dr Matthews

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      Constance Chapman

      Mrs Matthews

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      Michael Lees

      Geoffrey

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      Geoffrey Bayldon

      Mr Latbury

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      Patsy Smart

      Bruce's Mother

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      Theresa Walton

      Gladys

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      Sylvia Coleridge

      Celia

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      Brook Williams

      Hugh Collins

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      Richard Moore

      Arnold Foster

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      George Hilsdon

      George

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      Nellie Hanham

      Margaret

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      Aimée Delamain

      Alice

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      Anne Dyson

      Gladys' Mother

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      Norman Tyrrell

      Gladys' Father

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      Jenny Logan

      Night Nurse

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      Elsie Wagstaff

      Wedding Guest

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      Petra Markham

      Mary

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      Jacqueline Maude

      Female Trustee

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      Winifride Shelley

      Mrs Hetherington

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      John Savident

      Fete Guest

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      Michael Nightingale

      Mr Thomas

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      Wilfred Boyle

      Trainer

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      Jackie Agrique

      Edna

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      Paul Darrow

      Doctor

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      Lee Carter

      Wedding Singer

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      James Payne

      Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 25 2022
    I can't say that I am really a fan of Malcolm McDowell. He always seems to play an angst-ridden "victim" of something, and here is no different. He ("Bruce") suffers a debilitating injury whilst playing football, and is now wheelchair bound. His working class family have no idea how to care for him (nor much interest, either) so he is shipped off to a care home, ostensibly, for more specialist care. Depressed and dejected, he meets "Jill" (Nanette Newman). She is also confined to a chair, and engaged to a fiancée who is loyal but increasingly full of little love - or lust, just pity. As the two...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • paraplegic
    • disability