Wish You Were Here
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
6.4
78 votes
July 24, 1987
1h 32m
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Overview
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
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Cast
Emily Lloyd
Lynda Mansell
Tom Bell
Eric
Jesse Birdsall
Dave
Clare Clifford
Mrs. Parfitt
Sheila Kelley
Joan FiggisT
Trudi Cavanagh
Tap Dancing LadyB
Barbara Durkin
Valerie
Geoffrey Hutchings
Hubert MansellC
Charlotte Barker
GillianC
Chloe Leland
Margaret
Pat Heywood
Aunt MillieC
Charlotte Ball
Lynda Mansell (aged 11)A
Abigail Leland
Margaret (aged 7)
Susan Skipper
Lynda’s Mother
Geoffrey Durham
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