Feature film · 1971
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
90 min·1971·TV Movie · Drama·United Kingdom
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Cast
20 credited
Patricia Hayes
Edna
Barbara Jefford
Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
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Geraldine Sherman
Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl Hall
Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger Hammond
Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
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Denis Carey
Doctor, at The Spike
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Talfryn Thomas
Tramp
June Watson
Attendant, at The Spike
Kate Williams
Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
