The Cause (1981)
"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley 's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
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Jimmy JewelGeorge Harley - England 1980Andrew FellGeorge Harley - Spain 1936
David SuchetReger
Tony CaunterDolly
Clive MerrisonRennieBill BufferyConway
Elizabeth SpriggsOlive James
Tim WyltonRoberts
Eamon BolandMonroeElizabeth RomillyElizabethKelvin SpoonerKarl
Jonathan BurnSpanish guideMovie DNA
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What is The Cause about?
"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley 's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
How long is The Cause?
The Cause has a runtime of 70 minutes.