A Rather English Marriage

Dec 30, 1998

1h 44m

★ 5.3

Overview

A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. They become a companionable if odd couple, until their unlikely friendship is threatened by the arrival of an alluring woman with a hidden agenda.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Wall to Wall

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Cast

Reggie Conyngham-Jervis

Albert Finney

Roy Southgate

Tom Courtenay

Liz Franks

Joanna Lumley

Young Reggie

John Light

Sister

Joanna Scanlan

Susan

Lucy Robinson

Mary

Ursula Howells

Dr. Swann

Priyanga Burford

Young Mary

Katie Carr

Young Grace

Caroline Carver

Celia

Rosamund Pike

Vivian

Jeremy Clyde

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