The Sailor's Return (film)

The Sailor's Return is a 1978 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Tom Bell, and .^[1] It is based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. It was made by Euston Films.^[2] The film concerns the ostracizing of a sailor and his black wife.

The budget of the film was £400,000.^[3]

Premise[]

A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.

Cast[]

Tom Bell ... William Targett
... Princess Tulip
... Billy / Olu Targett
Denyse Alexander ... Mrs. Cherret
... Annie
Pat Keen ... Mrs. Bascombe
Nigel Hawthorne ... Mr. Fosse
... Mrs. Frickes
Ray Smith ... Fred Leake
Mick Ford ... Tom Madgwick
Peter Benson ... Charlie Nye
Ann Way ... Mrs. Clall
Paola Dionisotti ... Lucy Sturmey
George Costigan ... Harry Targett
Clive Swift ... Reverend Pottock
Victor Winding ... Ship's Captain

References[]

^ "The Sailor's Return (1980)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
^ "BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
^ With Gold-on-the-World Radin, Victoria. The Observer 6 Nov 1977: 31.

External links[]

The Sailor's Return at IMDb

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[1] "The Sailor's Return (1980)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.

[2] "BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk.

[3] With Gold-on-the-World Radin, Victoria. The Observer 6 Nov 1977: 31.

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