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Genre
  
Drama

Initial release
  
1978

Running time
  
1h 40m

Screenplay
  
James Saunders

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Director
  
Jack Gold

Music director
  
Carl Davis

Writer
  
David Garnett (novel), James Saunders

Cast
  
Tom Bell
,
Julia Swift
,
Denyse Alexander
,
Bernard Hill
,
Mick Ford

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The High Command (1938)

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The Sailor's Return is a 1978 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde and Elton Charles. It is based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. It was made by Euston Films. The film concerns the ostracizing of a sailor and his black wife.

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Premise

A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.

Cast

  • Tom Bell ... William Targett
  • Shope Shodeinde ... Princess Tulip
  • Elton Charles ... Billy / Olu Targett
  • Denyse Alexander ... Mrs. Cherret
  • Julia Swift ... Annie
  • Pat Keen ... Mrs. Bascombe
  • Nigel Hawthorne ... Mr. Fosse
  • Jill Spurrier ... Mrs. Frickes
  • Ray Smith ... Fred Leake
  • Mick Ford ... Tom Madgwick
  • Peter Benson ... Charlie Nye
  • Ann Way ... Mrs. Clall
  • Paola Dionisotti ... Lucy Sturmey
  • George Costigan ... Harry Targett
  • Clive Swift ... Reverend Pottock
  • Victor Winding ... Ship's Captain
  • References

    The Sailor's Return (film) Wikipedia
    The Sailors Return (film) IMDb The Sailors Return (film) themoviedb.org