MOVIE
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
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.
Release / first air1971-10-21
Original languageEN
GenresTV Movie, Drama
DirectorTed Kotcheff
WriterJeremy Sandford
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionBBC
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Patricia HayesEdna
Barbara JeffordJosie, of 'Jesus Saves'
Geraldine ShermanTrudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl HallVangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda DowieMother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'Denis CareyDoctor, at The SpikeTalfryn ThomasTramp
June WatsonAttendant, at The Spike
Kate WilliamsTeresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'Keywords
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