Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here (1987)

Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1987-07-24
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 70 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Working Title Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: David Leland
star 6.5/10
From 70 Ratings

Summary

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

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  • Emily Lloyd

    as Lynda Mansell

  • Tom Bell

    as Eric

  • Jesse Birdsall

    as Dave

  • Clare Clifford

    as Mrs. Parfitt

  • Sheila Kelley

    as Joan Figgis

  • Trudi Cavanagh

    as Tap Dancing Lady

  • Barbara Durkin

    as Valerie

  • Geoffrey Hutchings

    as Hubert Mansell

  • Charlotte Barker

    as Gillian

  • Chloe Leland

    as Margaret

  • Pat Heywood

    as Aunt Millie

  • Charlotte Ball

    as Lynda Mansell (aged 11)

  • Abigail Leland

    as Margaret (aged 7)

  • Susan Skipper

    as Lynda’s Mother

  • Geoffrey Durham

    as Harry Figgis

  • Neville Smith

    as Cinema Manager

  • Lee Whitlock

    as Brian

  • Frederick Hall

    as Passenger with Brolly

  • Bob Flag

    as Mental Patient

  • Bob Flag

    as Dr Holroyd

  • William Lawford

    as Uncle Brian

  • Pamela Duncan

    as Mrs Hartley

  • Pamela Duncan

    as Fish and Chip Shop Van Customer

  • David Hatton

    as Policeman

  • Ben Daniels

    as Maisie Mathews

  • Kim McDermott

    as Vickie

  • Barrie Houghton

    as Café Manager

  • Jim Dowdall

    as Cook

  • Dani Phelps

    as The Baby

  • Marjorie Sudell

    as Lady with Hurt Knee
Directing David Leland Director
Writing David Leland Writer
Production Sarah Radclyffe Producer
Costume & Make-Up Jenny Shircore Makeup Supervisor
Art Nigel Phelps Art Direction
Sound Stanley Myers Original Music Composer
Editing George Akers Editor
Costume & Make-Up Shuna Harwood Costume Design
Camera Ian Wilson Director of Photography
Art Caroline Amies Production Design
Directing Libbie Barr Script Supervisor

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