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High Hopes
Overview
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
Director and cast
- Mike Leigh Director
- Phil Davis as Cyril Bender
- Ruth Sheen as Shirley
- Edna Doré as Mrs Bender
- Philip Jackson as Martin Burke
- Heather Tobias as Valerie
- Lesley Manville as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
- David Bamber as Rupert Boothe-Brain
- Cheryl Prime as Martin's Girlfriend
- Judith Scott as Suzi
- Jason Watkins as Wayne
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