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Comedy / Drama / Romance

Wish You Were Here

Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.

19871h 32mR 6.4/ 10

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.

Cast

  • Emily LloydLynda Mansell
  • Tom BellEric
  • Jesse BirdsallDave
  • Clare CliffordMrs. Parfitt
  • Sheila KelleyJoan Figgis
  • T
    Trudi CavanaghTap Dancing Lady
  • B
    Barbara DurkinValerie
  • Geoffrey HutchingsHubert Mansell
  • C
    Charlotte BarkerGillian
  • C
    Chloe LelandMargaret
  • Pat HeywoodAunt Millie
  • C
    Charlotte BallLynda Mansell (aged 11)
  • A
    Abigail LelandMargaret (aged 7)
  • Susan SkipperLynda’s Mother
  • Geoffrey DurhamHarry Figgis
  • Neville SmithCinema Manager

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