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Judi Dench
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Sophie Cookson
Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Tom Hughes
Leo Galich
Tereza Srbova
Sonya Galich
Stephen Campbell Moore
Max
Ben Miles
Nick
Nina Sosanya
Ms. Hart
Laurence Spellman
Mr Adams
Nicola Sloane
Joan's Neighbor
Freddie Gaminara
William
Raj Swamy
Kharak
Adrian Wheeler
Heckler
Lulu Meissner
Waitress
Phill Langhorne
Uniformed Policeman
Mike Sykes
Security Guard
Ed Birch
Donald
Debbie Chazen
Karen
Robin Soans
Clement Attlee
Raymond Coulthard
James Chadwick
Simon Ludders
Naval Captain
Stuart Milligan
Taylor Scott
Stephen Boxer
Peter Kierl
Lily Delderfield
Katya
Jessica Delderfield
Katya
Ciarán Owens
Detective Hughes
Kevin Fuller
Detective Phillips
Hasan Dixon
Police Constable
Richard Teverson
Detective Watson
Steven Hillman
Prison Guard
Irfan Shamji
Journalist

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed May 29 2024

It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy p...