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The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker (1988)★ 6.2/10

GB · 92 min · November 12, 1988

  • Drama
  • Romance

Directed by: Jim O'Brien

Written by: Beryl Bainbridge, John McGrath

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their seventeen-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

Directed by

Jim O'Brien

Written by

Beryl BainbridgeJohn McGrath

Cast & crew

Joan PlowrightNellieBillie WhitelawMargoPete PostlethwaiteJackJane HorrocksRitaTim RansomWesleyPippa HinchleyValRosemary MartinMrs. MandersTony HaygarthMr. MandersMichael James ReedChuckSam DouglasCpl. ZawadskiBert ParnabyMr. BarnesLorraine AshbourneFactory GirlMandy WalshFactory GirlMargi ClarkeShopwomanAndrew MoorcroftButcher's BoyMarie JellimanMrs. O'TooleRita HowardProducerPamela AustinSingerGerry WhiteSingerDorothy DearnleyPianistAnthony BensonTerrenceAl T. KossyMr. BettsVal ElliottSecretaryJayne MaleParty GuestBradley LavelleParty GuestAndrew WoodmanParty GuestFreda KellyWoman in DoorwayTerry CanningMan in DoorwayRichard GardinerKissing SoldierAmanda HumphreyGirlfriend