Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)

Genre: TV Movie , Drama
Release Date: 1971-10-21
Runtime: 1h 30min
Production Company: BBC
Production Country: United Kingdom
Director: Ted Kotcheff

Summary

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.

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Cast
Crew

Patricia Hayes

as Edna
Barbara Jefford

as Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
Geraldine Sherman

as Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl Hall

as Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie

as Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger Hammond

as Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Denis Carey

as Doctor, at The Spike
Talfryn Thomas

as Tramp
June Watson

as Attendant, at The Spike
Kate Williams

as Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Peggy Aitchison

as Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Vivian MacKerrell

as Tramp
John Trigger

as Graham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Amelia Bayntun

as Jessie, a Tramp
Malcolm Terris

as Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
Jo Maxwell Muller

as Nina, Young GIrl, in Psychiatric Hospital
Walter Sparrow

as Common Lodging House Proprietor
Jerry Verno

as Old Man, at The Spike
Rex Rashley

as Old Man, at The Spike
Douglas Ditta

as Social Security Clerk
Enys Box

as Attendant in Canteen
Chris Gannon

as Tramp
Charles Farrell

as Tramp
Pat Nye

as Irene at Common Lodging House
Marie Conmee

as Paddy at Common Lodging House
Jenny Logan

as Doris, on the Road
Anthony Dawes

as Man in Car
Elaine Mitchell

as Social Security Official
John Hussey

as Psychiatrist
Jumoke Debayo

as Staff Nurse, in Psychiatric Hospital
Keith Marsh

as Porter, in Psychiatric Hospital
Eamonn Boyce

as Proprietor of Lodging House
James Cairncross

as Rogo at Charitable Institution
Virginia Snyders

as Bed Ticket Proprietor
Alex Marshall

as Social Security Clerk
June Brown

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Directing	Ted Kotcheff	Director
Production	Irene Shubik	Producer
Writing	Jeremy Sandford	Writer