UK, 1992
65m
35mm film, colour
mono, English
A British fantasy television film directed by Colin Finbow.
Plot Summary
Emily, an unhappy young Edwardian girl, moves with her family to their ancestral country home and encounters the ghost of another young girl.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Colin Finbow
The Children’s Film Unit presents. A Children’s Film Unit production for Channel Four
Produced by: Brianne Perkins
Written by: Colin Finbow [uncredited]
Lighting Design: Phil Lott
Camera: Jamie Cairney (15), Daisy Asquith (16), Mark Goldsmith (16), Greg Duffield (14)
Original Music Written and Performed by: Dave Hewson
Sound: Emma Dawson (15), Carol Rennie (16), Ben Casson (14), Chloë Butcher (14)
Costume Design: Len Kerswill
Special Effects: Harris Blythe Models & Effects
Art Director: Diana Johnstone
Casting: The Casting Directors, Gillian Hawser, Caroline Hutchings, Kate Plantin
Location Stoke College
Cast
Martin Jarvis (Papa)
Rosalind Ayres (Mama)
Anna Massey (Miss Rabstock)
Ron Moody (Dawson)
Patsy Byrne (Mrs Crabtree)
Peter Bayliss (Rev. Dodsworth)
Anna Jones (Emily)
Toby Gregory (James)
Hanna Fleur Fitzgibbon (Charlotte)
Blanche Schofield (Louise)
Tom Beeby (Edward)
James Hobbs (Will)
Gillian Hawser (Polly)
Emily Howes (ghost girl)
Danny Ellis, Clemmie Burton-Hill, Katy Hillman, Charlotte Goodwin, Jo Jo Jackson, Claire Sarjant (school girls)
Paul Christ (conductor)
Lally Percy (ghost girl’s mother)
Gordon Griffin (ghost girl’s father)
References
Periodicals
- Screen International no.868 (31 July 1992) p.17 – credits (Hollywood cinefile by Leonard Klady)
Books
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.351
- The Hill and Beyond: Children’s Television Drama – an Encyclopedia by Alistair D. McGown & Mark J. Docherty pp.247-248
