24 December 1972 Drama, TV Movie 49 mins
Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
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David Waller as Mr. Shuttleworth
James Cossins as Mr. Shorter
Philip Locke as Gregory Wilkins
John Normington as Arthur Ackroyd
Brian Glover as Henry Boothroyd
Paul Shane as Baldring
Dave Hill as Eric Gibson
Don McKillop as Mr. Tetley
Bernard Wrigley as Ernest Tetley
Paul Greenwood as Edgar Appleton
Paul Rosebury as Gerald Cross
Helen Fraser as Mrs. Ackroyd
Maggie Jones as Mrs. Shorter
Anna Wing as Landlady
Sharon Campbell as Pretty Girl, Connie
Rosalind Elliot as Plain Girl, Luisa
Alan Bennett Writer
Stephen Frears Director
Innes Lloyd Producer
Ken Pearce Editor
Ray Henman Director of Photography
David Fanshawe Original Music Composer
United Kingdom 24 December 1972
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Scenes from Alan Bennett's first play for TV in 1972 featuring Bernard Wrigley playing the retarded Ernest riding the tandem with his dad.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1972:
25 July 1972
A dramatised documentary which explores ghetto life as seen and felt inside Harlem, based on experiences of the Northside Centre for Child Development.
14 March 1972
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family.
10 October 1972
Two young friends - one poet, the other a sculptor - have fun conquering the wives of others.
01 January 1972
The film by Brakhage commonly referred to as "Wecht" does indeed exist. It doesn't have a titlecard at the head, and the leader of the original is labeled "Portrait" in Stan's handwriting, so I'm not sure where the 'Wecht' title comes from.
01 June 1972
A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.
04 February 1972
Professor Montresor, being the object of his friends' jokes, prepares his revenge.
29 September 1972
Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives.
01 January 1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in a stolen car.
01 January 1972
One boy had a coherent musical quartet of bunnies that skillfully and beautifully played their instruments.
17 May 1972
A satire of the welfare society showing the mechanical nature of the elderly care.
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