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Edith Evans
Mrs Ross
Eric Portman
Archie Ross
Ronald Fraser
Charlie Ross
Nanette Newman
The Girl Upstairs
Harry Baird
The Man Upstairs
Jack Austin
Police Sargeant
Gerald Sim
Mr. Conrad
Lionel Gamlin
Mr. Conrad's Colleague
Oliver MacGreevy
2nd Redeemer
Kenneth Griffith
Mr. Weaver
Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Noonan
John Orchard
Grogan
Peter Thompson
Publican
Sarah Forbes
Mrs Ross When Young
Penny Spencer
Mavis Noonan
Kaplan Kaye
Jimmy Noonan
Michael Robbins
Mr Noonan
Frank Singuineau
Negro Doctor
Michael Francis
Plainclothes Policeman
Shona Lesley
Nurse
Beth Owen
Nurse
Roy Herrick
Young Doctor
Robin Bailey
Psychiatrist
Leonard Rossiter
Assistance Board Officer
George Spence
Caretaker
Margaret Tyzack
Hospital Almoner
Terry Eliot
Nurse
George Hilsdon
Ticket Collector
Clare Kelly
Prostitute
Charlie Bird
Man in N.A.B Office
Max Bacon
Mr Fish
Robert Russell
Andy
Max Rawnsley
Man in Street
Allan O'Keefe
1st Attacker
Francis Flynn
2nd Attacker
Michael Lees
1st Young Man
Tom Kempinski
2nd Young Man
Roy Maxwell
3rd Young Man

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Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 18 2022

Dame Edith Evans received her third Oscar nomination for this splendid performance as the ageing "Mrs. Ross". A lady with a seemingly limited grip on lucidity - frequently claiming to be a countess, or a member of the Order of the Garter - who is expecting her £40,000 inheritance to arrive at any moment, but living in penury/on charity meantime. When her son "Charlie" (Ronald Fraser) turns up expectedly he leaves a package that she discovers a few days later. Can her dreams have come true? She is an honest woman, and when she goes to tell the kindly National Assistance man "Conrad" (Gerald Sim)...