James Wilby
Maurice Hall
Hugh Grant
Clive Durham
Rupert Graves
Alec Scudder
Denholm Elliott
Dr. Barry
Simon Callow
Mr. Ducie
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Hall
Barry Foster
Dean Cornwallis
Judy Parfitt
Mrs. Durham
Phoebe Nicholls
Anne Durham
Patrick Godfrey
Simcox
Mark Tandy
Risley
Ben Kingsley
Lasker-Jones
Kitty Aldridge
Kitty Hall
Helena Michell
Ada Hall
Catherine Rabett
Pippa Durham
Peter Eyre
Rev. Borenius
Michael Jenn
ArchieMark Payton
Chapman
Orlando Wells
Young Maurice
Maria Britneva
Mrs. SheepshanksJohn Elmes
Hill
Alan Foss
Old Man on TrainPhilip Fox
Dr. JowittOlwen Griffiths
Mrs. ScudderChristopher Hunter
Fred ScudderGerald McArthur
Undergraduate
Breffni McKenna
Guardsman
Miles Richardson
UndergraduatePhillada Sewell
Matron
Helena Bonham Carter
Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Matthew Sim
FeatherstonaughAndrew St. Clair
Undergraduate
Harriet Thorpe
Barmaid
Julian Wadham
Hull
Richard Warner
JudgeAlan Whybrow
Mr. Scudder
Jean-Marc Barr
French Colleague (uncredited)
Serena Gordon
Gladys Olcott (uncredited)
Released
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$2,600,000.00
$2,438,304.00
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- #england
- #homophobia
- #forbidden love
- #coming of age
- #in the closet
- #lgbt
- #friends in love
- #1900s
- #conversion therapy
- #gay theme
- #cambridge university
- #independent film
Reviews
James Wilby is at his best here depicting the eponymous E.M. Forster character who takes rather a shine to his university colleague "Clive" (Hugh Grant). Of course not only is same sex fun illegal, it's looked upon very unfavourably by the Oxford set - even if most of them have had the odd dabble themselves. "Clive" is not really the commitment sort - he cares more for conforming and taking his we