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 June 1972
After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality.
01 January 1972
It tells the story of a young man who is driven to commit illegal acts to take revenge on the man who killed his father.
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.
30 December 1972
After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a precious relic to the Pope and obtain a sum of twenty-thousand crowns in order to participate in the third crusade in the Holy Land.
26 February 1972
Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
10 October 1972
Two young friends - one poet, the other a sculptor - have fun conquering the wives of others.
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.
16 December 1972
Daffy Duck is in Hollywood producing a movie about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
24 January 1972
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
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