Ends and Means (1975)

Film details

Featuring

Mark McManus Michael Goodliffe Alethea Charlton
Director

Roland Joffé
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1975
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Sam is disillusioned with life and society and frustrated by politics. As he approaches middle-age, a widower with grown up children, he feels lonely and unsure of former certainties in terms of life and politics, and reflects on his childhood.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sam Wilson
    
    Mark McManus
  - Jack Barraclough
    
    Michael Goodliffe
  - Ethel Barraclough
    
    Alethea Charlton
  - Tom Wilson
    
    Simon Rouse
  - Deborah Wilson
    
    Veronica Roberts
  - Chris Wilson
    
    Peter Duncan
  - Eileen Barraclough
    
    Dorothy White
  - Pat Barraclough
    
    Jan Harvey
  - Cassie Crossman
    
    Cherith Mellor
  - Charlie Tripp
    
    John Oxley
  - Tony Parker
    
    Mark Eden
  - Richard Webster
    
    Ian Thompson
  - vicar
    
    John Mcgregor
  - Sam, as a boy
    
    Kevin Moreton
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Roland Joffé
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Granada Television
  - Producer
    
    Michael Cox
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    John Finch
  Design:
  - Designer
    
    Colin Pocock
  Music:
  - Music
    
    John McCabe