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The Sailor's Return

The Sailor's Return1978

★6.2100 minDramaHistory

Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. 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.

Director

Writer

Stars

Tom Bell Shope Shodeinde Elton Charles

Cast17

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

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