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Spring and Port Wine (1969)

Director: Peter Hammond

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From Time Out Film Guide

Obdurate Rafe Crompton (Mason), an engineer at a Bolton, Lancashire, cotton mill, finds his authority challenged when Hilda (George), the younger of his two daughters, refuses to eat a plate of herring, which he then serves up to her day after day, forcing the battle of wills to breaking point. Bill Naughton's play may have worked on stage, but on screen (in the playwright's own adaptation) it's as inconsequential as an expanded sitcom, and Mason's much too big a star for the material.

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Cast & crew

Director: Peter Hammond

Producer: Michael Medwin

Cast: James Mason, Diana Coupland, Susan George, Rodney Bewes, Hannah Gordon, Adrienne Posta, Arthur Lowe, Frank Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw full cast

Duration: 101 mins


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