Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Release: 1971-10-21
·Runtime: 90m
TV Movie
Drama
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
Vivian MacKerrell
as Tramp
Walter Sparrow
as Common Lodging House Proprietor
Keith Marsh
as Porter, in Psychiatric Hospital
Roger Hammond
as Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Jerry Verno
as Old Man, at The Spike
Freda Dowie
as Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Charles Farrell
as Tramp
John Hussey
as Psychiatrist
Malcolm Terris
as Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
Anthony Dawes
as Man in Car
Patricia Hayes
as Edna
Kate Williams
as Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
June Brown
as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Cheryl Hall
as Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Barbara Jefford
as Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
June Watson
as Attendant, at The Spike
