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Girl Stroke Boy (1971)
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Caryl Brahms (writer)
David Percival (play)
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When you lose a son you gain a...
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The straightlaced parents of a young boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex,... more | add synopsis
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Is anybody out there? more (2 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Joan Greenwood | ... | Lettice Mason |
| Michael Hordern | ... | George Mason |
| Clive Francis | ... | Laurie |
| Peter Straker | ... | Jo Delaney (as Straker) |
| Patricia Routledge | ... | Pamela Hovendon |
| Peter Bull | ... | Peter Hovendon |
| Rudolph Walker | ... | Mr Delaney |
| Diana Hoddinott | ... | Wife / Husband |
| Elisabeth Welch | ... | Mrs Delaney |
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86 min
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George Mason:
Well, you know what they say... when you lose a son, you gain a... a... um...
[clears his throat]
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Some art disappears so completely that it's very existence seems hazy and imagined, certainly my jumpy, disobedient copy of Girl Stroke Boy seems to deeply resent me, preferring to sit on the shelf and pretend not to be there. How a film that seems to have the words 'minor classic' scratched all over it can avoid both the TV schedules and reissue labels so assiduously is unfathomable, but there's a good chance that you're reading this having never seen the movie. Michael Hordern's graceful and goodhearted performance is the highlight of the whole thing, while Clive Francis and Straker glow with warmth. The script is so quotable it's ridiculous, almost every line could be repeated at work tomorrow and Bob Kellet acknowledges the film's theatrical roots with lots of doors and tightly packed scenes. And despite the snow and smiles at the end, you wonder if somewhere in Hertfordshire its all still raging.