Very Like a Whale

Name: Very Like a Whale
Released: 1981-01-02
Cast: Alan Bates, Gemma Jones, Ann Bell, Anna Cropper, Ian Hogg

1981

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Theme of a powerful and respected man tearing his life to pieces.

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Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.

English

Director: Alan Bridges

Writer: John Osborne

Top Cast

Alan Bates

Sir Jock Mellor

Gemma Jones

Lady Mellor

Ann Bell

Barbara Mellor

Anna Cropper

Journalist

Ian Hogg

Stephen Grain

William Merrow

Party Guest

Martin Smith

Party Guest

Charles Dance

Party Guest

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