The Cause (1981)
"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley 's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
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Cast
- Jimmy Jewel — George Harley - England 1980
- Andrew Fell — George Harley - Spain 1936
- David Suchet — Reger
- Tony Caunter — Dolly
- Clive Merrison — Rennie
- Bill Buffery — Conway
- Elizabeth Spriggs — Olive James
- Tim Wylton — Roberts
- Eamon Boland — Monroe
- Elizabeth Romilly — Elizabeth
- Kelvin Spooner — Karl
- Jonathan Burn — Spanish guide
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