The Sailor's Return (1978)

★ 6.0 1h 40m IMDb
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Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.

The Sailor's Return

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Tom Bell
Tom Bell as William Targett Died 2006 · Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK Tom Bell was a British stage, film and television actor..
Julia Swift
Julia Swift as Annie Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK Julia Swift was born in July 1956 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Fainthearted Feminist (1984), Dick Turpin (1979) and The Sailor's Return (1978). She has been...
Pat Keen
Pat Keen as Mrs Bascombe Died 2013 · Willesden, London, England, UK
Nigel Hawthorne
Nigel Hawthorne as Mr Fosse Died 2001 · Hertfordshire, England, UK Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Mini...
Ray Smith
Ray Smith as Fred Leake Died 1991 · Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Ray Smith (1 May 1936 – 15 December 1991) was a Welsh actor who played the tough-talking police chief, Detective Superintendent Gordon Spikings, in the television series Dempsey and Makepeace. He was...
Mick Ford
Mick Ford as Tom Madgwick Age 73 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mick Ford (born 1 August 1952; in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom) is a British actor, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his portrayal of int...
Director Jack Gold
Cast Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde, Elton Charles, Denyse Alexander, Julia Swift, Pat Keen, Nigel Hawthorne, Jill Spurrier, Ray Smith, Mick Ford

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