Movie · 1971
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Released 21 October 1971 More from 1971 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Jerry Verno
as Old Man, at The Spike
Charles Farrell
as Tramp
Denis Carey
as Doctor, at The Spike
Patricia Hayes
as Edna
June Brown
as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Roger Hammond
as Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Marie Conmee
as Paddy at Common Lodging House
Keith Marsh
as Porter, in Psychiatric Hospital
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Jerry Verno — oldest on the call sheet
35Roger Hammond — youngest billed
58average age of the credited cast