Trilogy of one-act plays based on short stories by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ‘Clay’ is the story of a men who neglects his wife in favour of his land. ‘Smeddum’ is the story of a matriarch’s attempt to control her brood. ‘Greenden’ is the story of a city woman moving to the country with her husband.
- 7.0
- 1976
- Released
- 1h 26m
Gerda Stevenson
Rachel Galt
Victor Carin
Rob Galt
Leonard Maguire
Old GaltAnne Kristen
Mrs. Galt
Eileen McCallum
Meg Menzies
Fulton Mackay
Alec Webster
Bill Fraser
MurdochJoan Fitzpatrick
Mrs. MurdochBill Gavin
DoctorRobert Trotter
Will MenziesPaul Kelly
Dod Menzies
Angus Lennie
MinisterPauline Rae
Kathie Menzies (as a child)Ruth Murray
Jeannie Menzies (as a child)Neal Fidelo
Jim Menzies (as a child)
Billy Riddoch
Jock MenziesMaev Alexander
Kathie MenziesTerry Cavers
Ag Grant
Paul Young
John RobbFiona Knowles
Jeannie MenziesGraeme Greenowe
Jim MenziesDenis Agnew
Clerk from Brechin
Claire Nielson
Ellen Simpson
Brian Cox
George SimpsonIsobel Gardner
Jeannie MurdochReleased
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If you've read his "Sunset Song" trilogy, then you'll know that the devil was always in the detail with Lewis Grassic Gibbon and so trying to squish three short stories into ninety minutes here was always going to mean much of that detail was going under the cart. It's a story about a rural Scottish community across three generations as livelihoods, priorities, and attitudes start to shift from th