Love on a Gunboat

Love on a Gunboat

Love on a Gunboat

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Love on a Gunboat

1977

1h 19m

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Drama

TV Movie

Overview

In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.

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Cast & Crew

19 members

Acting

Stephen Moore

Leslie Potter

Stephen Moore

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Barbara Flynn

Monica Potter

Barbara Flynn

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Josephine Welcome

Fay

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Andrew Downie

Hamish

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Mikel Lambert

Elaine

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Terence Taplin

Group leader

Terence Taplin

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James Hazeldine

Dennis Horncastle

James Hazeldine

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Arwen Holm

Dora Horncastle

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Gerard Ryder

Forcett

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Denis Holmes

Mr. Potter

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Cherry Morris

Mrs. Potter

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Christopher Coll

Interviewer

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Writing

Julian Fellowes

Interviewer

Julian Fellowes

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Jane Freeman

Knitting lady

Jane Freeman

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Bernard Gallagher

Mr. Biffen

Bernard Gallagher

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Julia McCarthy

Nun

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Christine Ozanne

Mrs. Bone

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John Salthouse

Bus conductor

John Salthouse

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Lloyd McGuire

Jazz enthusiast

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