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High Hopes

High Hopes

Comedy

Drama

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.

Date: 01/13/1989
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Cheryl Prime, Judith Scott, Jason Watkins, Diane-Louise Jordan, Linda Beckett, Ali

Phil Davis as Cyril Bender in High Hopes Phil Davis

Ruth Sheen as Shirley in High Hopes Ruth Sheen

Edna Doré as Mrs Bender in High Hopes Edna Doré

Philip Jackson as Martin Burke in High Hopes Philip Jackson

Heather Tobias as Valerie in High Hopes Heather Tobias

Lesley Manville as Lætitia Boothe-Brain in High Hopes Lesley Manville

David Bamber as Rupert Boothe-Brain in High Hopes David Bamber

Cheryl Prime

Judith Scott

Jason Watkins as Wayne in High Hopes Jason Watkins

Diane-Louise Jordan as Chemist Shop Assistant in High Hopes Diane-Louise Jordan

Linda Beckett as Receptionist in High Hopes Linda Beckett

Ali

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