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Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.
Director
Writer
Margaret Drabble
Producers
Music
Studio
Amicus Productions, Palomar Pictures International, British Lion Films
Cast
Full credits →S
Sandy Dennis
Rosamund
I
Ian McKellen
George
M
Michael Coles
Joe
J
John Standing
Roger
P
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Mrs. Stacey
K
Kenneth Benda
Mr. Stacey
R
Roger Hammond
Mike
E
Eleanor Bron
Lydia
M
Margaret Tyzack
Sister Bennett
M
Maurice Denham
Doctor Prothero
R
Rachel Kempson
Sister Harvey
R
Raymond Adamson
(uncredited)
P
Penelope Keith
Nurse (uncredited)
S
Shelagh Fraser
Miss Guernsey (uncredited)
J
John Tatham
Bus passenger (uncredited)
R
Reg Thomason
Party Guest (uncredited)
L
Lewis Alexander
Man in Canteen (uncredited)
J
Jim Brady
Man Boarding Bus (uncredited)
F
Fay Bura
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
B
Barbara Keogh
Waiting Room Nurse (uncredited)
