22 Nov 1974
The Tempter
A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Top Billed Cast
Helena Bonham Carter Rosemary
Richard E. Grant Gordon Comstock
Julian Wadham Ravelston
Jim Carter Erskine
Harriet Walter Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage Hermione
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Mrs. Wisbeach
Liz Smith Mrs Meakin
John Clegg McKechnie
Malcolm Sinclair Paul Doring
Ben Miles Ravenscroft Waiter
Dorothy Atkinson Dora
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