08 Nov 1978
Slow Dancing In The Big City
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Dance Pretty Lady
During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.
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Ann Casson Jenny Pearl
Carl Harbord Maurice Avery
Moore Marriott Mr. Raeburn
Flora Robson Mrs. Raeburn
Leonard Brett Alf
Norman Claridge Jack Danby
Sunday Wilshin Irene
Rène Ray Elsie
Eva Llewellyn Aunt Mabel
Marie Rambert Dancer
Alban Conway 
Hermione Gingold
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