Act of Will
British TV series or programme
- Serena Gordon
- Melanie Jessop
- Victoria Tennant
- Elizabeth Hurley
- Peter Coyote
- Victor Glynn
- Ian Warren
- Tyne Tees Television
- Portman Entertainment
6 October 1989 (1989-10-06)
Act of Will is a 1989 mini-series directed by Don Sharp and based on the 1986 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It the third mini-series based on a Bradford novel Sharp had directed and was an early lead role for Elizabeth Hurley.[1]
It was the last directing credit for Sharp.[2]
Plot
The story of three generations of women, from 1926 to the present day.[3]
Cast
- Victoria Tennant ... Audra Crowther
- Kevin McNally ... Vincent Crowther
- Peter Coyote ... Miles Sutherland
- Elizabeth Hurley ... Christina Crowther
- Lynsey Baxter ... Jane Sedgewick
- Serena Gordon ... Gwen Thornton
- Jean Marsh ... Eliza Crowther
- Melanie Jessop ... Laurette Crowther
- Sheila Allen ... Lady Dulcie Sedgewick
- Richard Bebb ... Sir Ralph Sedgewick
- Judy Parfitt ... Alicia Drummond
- Simon Merrick ... Percival Drummond
- Stuart Milligan ... Alex Newman
- Gillian Bevan ... Millie Arnold
- Rebecca Callard ... Maggie Crowther
- Julian Gartside ... Jeffery Freemantle
- Andrew Castell ... Mike Leslie
- Ewan Hooper ... Alfred Crowther
- Ken Jones ... Dr. Stalkey
- Sheila Ruskin ... Candida Sutherland
- Fiona Walker ... Matron Lennox
- Sarah Winman ... Kyle Newman
- Rachel Robertson ... Audra Aged 14
- Jo Gabb ... Christina Aged
- Louisa Janes ... Christina Aged 10
References
- ^ "Act of Will" Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Barbara Taylor Bradford website
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.
- ^ "Act of Will" at Petercoyote.com
External links
- Act of Will at IMDb
- Act of Will at New York Times
- Barbara Taylor Bradford's Act of Will at BFI Film and TV Database
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Films directed by Don Sharp
- The Stolen Airliner (1955)
- The Golden Disc (1958)
- The Adventures of Hal 5 (1958)
- The Professionals (1960)
- Linda (1960)
- Two Guys Abroad (1962)
- It's All Happening (1963)
- Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
- Witchcraft (1964)
- The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
- Curse of the Fly (1965)
- The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
- Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966)
- Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
- The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
- The Violent Enemy (1969)
- Taste of Excitement (1970)
- Psychomania (1973)
- Dark Places (1973)
- Callan (1974)
- Hennessy (1975)
- The Four Feathers (1978)
- The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
- Bear Island (1979)
- What Waits Below (1985)
- Tusitala (1986)
- Tears in the Rain (1988)
- Act of Will (1989)