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One of the most underrated British films produced between the end of the swinging sixties and the beginning of the hippy seventies. Leonard Whiting (Romeo from Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet) plays a young dreamer who is trapped in a working class existence: living in a council house with a father who has no horizon higher than working in the local factory. Jean Simmons is the mature woman, living in a leafy Surrey house with her stockbroker husband and two children, but desperately unhappy. When the two unlikely lovers meet on a train to London, Whiting ignores the come-on from Susan Penhaligon by saying 'today I am going to climb Mount Everest,' and so begins his charm offensive of the mature woman across London's 1970s landscape. Beautifully written and with expert filming by Geoffrey Unsworth, Say Hello to Yesterday is one of the most insightful British films of its day.
Original Release
01/14/1971
US Release
01/31/1971
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Simmons | Woman |
Leonard Whiting | Boy |
Evelyn Laye | Woman's mother |
Derek Francis | Park Keeper |
Geoffrey Bayldon | Estate Agent |
James Cossins | Policeman |
Edward Atienza | Porter |
Frank Middlemass | Station Master / Station Agent |
Gwen Nelson | Char at Labour Exchange / Char |
Ben Aris | Floor Walker |
Directors
Writers
Alvin Rakoff, Peter King, Ray Mathew
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Simmons | Woman |
Leonard Whiting | Boy |
Evelyn Laye | Woman's mother |
Derek Francis | Park Keeper |
Geoffrey Bayldon | Estate Agent |
James Cossins | Policeman |
Edward Atienza | Porter |
Frank Middlemass | Station Master / Station Agent |
Gwen Nelson | Char at Labour Exchange / Char |
Ben Aris | Floor Walker |
Tom Chadbon | Man |
John Challis | Shop Salesman |
Carla Challoner | Au Pair girl |
Constance Chapman | Boy's mother |
Ellis Dale | Train passenger |
Roy Evans | Father's Friend |
Harry Fielder | Bus Conductor |
Jimmy Gardner | Balloon seller |
Gail Grainger | Small Role |
Laraine Humphrys | Young Teenager in Boutique |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Hill | Producer |
Josef Shaftel | Producer |