Details
- Release: Nov 09 1982
- Runtime: 80 min
- Language: English
- Budget: N/A
- Revenue: N/A
Overview
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
Credits
Julie Walters
Valery
Jim Broadbent
Mr Horsfall
Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth
Alan Bennett
Denis Midgley
Aubrey Morris
Headmaster
Peter Chelsom
Very Young Doctor
Derek Fowlds
Hartley
Thora Hird
Aunty Kitty
Helen Fraser
Joyce Midgley
Colin Douglas
Uncle Ernest
Joan Sanderson
Miss Tunstall
Alison Lloyd
Denis' Mother
Kirk Wild
Denis as a Boy
Johnny Leeze
Orderly
David Major
Colin Midgley
Madge Hindle
Jean
Alan Starkey
Hospital Clerk
Olive Pendleton
Woman on Telephone
Frank Crompton
Frank Midgley
Frank Birch
Fat Man