The Round Tower (UK) ( Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower )

The Round Tower (UK) (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
148 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Alan Grint

Written By:
T.R. Bowen
Catherine Cookson

Actors:
Isabelle Amyes ..... Irene Brett
Keith Barron ..... Jonathan Ratcliffe
Robert Cole ..... Michael Brett
Christopher Connel ..... Smith
Jane Dixon ..... May
Jeremy Fowlds ..... Colin Brett
Emilia Fox ..... Vanessa Ratcliffe
Trevor Fox ..... Fred Singleton
Jill Halfpenny ..... Rosie Cotton
Jan Harvey ..... Jane Ratcliffe
Tony Hodge ..... Wilton
Stewart Howson ..... Danny Fuller
Edward Kingham ..... Taggart
Denis Lawson ..... Arthur Brett
Austen Le Carpentier ..... Paul Brett
Brian Lewis ..... Comedian
John Middleton ..... Estate Agent
Ben Miles ..... Angus Cotton
Niall Refoy ..... Stan
Christian Rodska ..... Dr. Carr
David Shelley ..... Brian Braintree
Leonard Silver ..... Ray Ratcliffe
Martin Slav ..... Emily Cotton
Catherine Terris ..... Susan Ratcliffe
Emma Woollard

Synopsis:

Set in mid-1950's England, this story tells of the wealthy, socially upwardly-progressive Ratcliffe family. Their youngest daughter, seventeen year old Vanessa, feels alienated from her selfish parents, who are more interested in their eldest daughter's upcoming marriage into one of their town's old families. An old friend of the family, who is himself trapped in a loveless marriage, makes love to Vanessa one night, and she becomes pregnant, but won't reveal who the father is. Her parents are sure it is an employee of the Ratcliffe's, Angus Cotton, who hotly denies this and quits his job to go and start his own business. Vanessa ends up leaving home, and when Angus hears of the poor conditions she's living in in a Newcastle skid-row neighbourhood, he offers to marry her and she excepts.

Part one of a three-part drama set in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Teenager Vanessa Ratcliffe rebels against her wealthy parents and becomes friends with both neighbour Arthur Brett and the housekeeper's son Angus Cotton.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 January, 2010.

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