Langrishe Go Down (BBC 1978 with Judi Dench and Jeremy Irons)

In one off drama Langrishe Go Down, broadcast under the Play of the Week banner, three spinster sisters face up to changes in their lives sparked by the arrival of German student Otto Beck (Jeremy Irons).

Cast: JUDI DENCH as Imogen Langrishe; JEREMY IRONS as Otto Beck; ANNETTE CROSBIE as Helen Langrishe; SUSAN WILLIAMSON as Lily Langrishe; HAROLD PINTER as Barry Shannon; MARGARET WHITING as Maureen Layde

Writer: Harold Pinter / Novel: Aldan Higgins / Producer and Director: David Jones

UK / BBC / 1×90 minute episode / 1978

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