The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.
Jack Clayton
Casts & Crew
Maggie Smith
Bob Hoskins
Wendy Hiller
Marie Kean
Ian McNeice
Rudi Davies
Prunella Scales
Aine Ni Mhuiri
Sheila Reid
Niall Buggy
Kate Binchy
Martina Stanley
Veronica Quilligan
Frank Egerton
Leonard Maguire
Kevin Flood
Catherine Cusack
Peter Gilmore
James Holland
Aidan Gillen
Emma Jane Lavin
Dick Sullivan
Alan Radcliffe
Seamus Newham
Paul Boyle
Isolde Cazelet
Marjorie Hogan
Gerard O'Hagan
Anna Murphy
Gemma Murphy
Paddy Joyce
Also Directed by Jack Clayton
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