Stanley

Stanley

95 mins | TV Movie | Jan. 31, 1988

The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.

Stanley

95 mins | TV Movie | Jan. 31, 1988

Stanley
The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.
Producers
Original title Stanley
Directors Anna Benson Gyles
Writers Elaine Morgan

Cast

Anton Lesser

as Stanley Spencer

Juliet Stevenson

as Hilda Carline

Sarah Berger

as Patricia Preece

Lesley Dunlop

as Elsie

Christopher Baines

as Richard Carline

Valerie Lush

as Mrs. Carline

David Horovitch

as Dudley Tooth

Jacqueline Tong

as Dorothy Hepworth

Norman Jones

as William Spencer

Roger Brierley

as Solicitor

Wendy Gifford

as Mary Behrends

Peter Birrel

as Louis Behrends

Sally Mates

as Hospital Sister

Pat Quayle

as Mrs Gissing

Paul Frith

as Young Stanley

Lucy Martin

as Young Shirin