Akenfield
November 18, 1974•1h 38m•★ 7.6
Drama
As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.
Director
Peter HallWriters
Cast
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Stanley Baxter
Blacksmith
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Ronald Blythe
The Vicar
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Ethel Branton
Mrs. Quantrill
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Lyn Brooks
Charlotte Rouse
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Garrow Shand
Tom Rouse
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Peggy Cole
Dulcie Rouse
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Barbara Tilney
Jean Quantrill
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Ida Page
Aunt Ida
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Ted Dedman
Ted
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Mollie Dedman
Mollie
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Charlie Cornish
Charlie
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Charlie Whiting
Charlie
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Robin Buckingham
Robin
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Alan Wright
Young Tom Rouse
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Mary Hammond
Young Dulcie Rouse
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F.O. Staddon
The Minister
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Bob Wilson
Farmer
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Reg Hall
Policeman
Peter Tuddenham
Old Tom (voiceover)
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Clifford Arbon