Movie
Shirley Valentine
Overview
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-08-30
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
- Tom Conti as Costas Demitriadis
- Julia McKenzie as Gillian
- Alison Steadman as Jane
- Joanna Lumley as Marjorie Majors
- Sylvia Syms as Headmistress
- Bernard Hill as Joe Bradshaw
- George Costigan as Dougie
- Anna Keaveney as Jeanette
- Tracie Bennett as Millandra
- Ken Sharrock as Sydney
- Karen Craig as Thelma
Crew
- Lewis Gilbert - Director
- Willy Russell - Screenplay
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