An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings

1995•1h 53m•6.5/10

RomanceDramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(68)

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

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Production

Fine Line Features, British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates

Stella

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Meredith Potter

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

P.L. O'Hara

Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Uncle Vernon

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Bunny

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Rose

Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

Aunt Lily

Alan Cox

Alan Cox

Geoffrey

Edward Petherbridge

Edward Petherbridge

St.Ives

Nicola Pagett

Nicola Pagett

Dotty Blundell

Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater

Dawn Allenby

Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Desmond Fairchild

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

George

Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Grace Bird

James Frain

James Frain

John Harbour

Pat Laffan

Pat Laffan

Mr Harcourt

Patti Love

Patti Love

Mary Deare

Hilary Reynolds

Hilary Reynolds

Babs Osbourne

Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

Freddie Reynalde

Robbie Doolin

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