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The Whales of August

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The second of this afternoon's
Lindsay Anderson films is a drama starring Lillian Gish
Bette Davis
For 60 years, widowed sisters Sarah and Libby have spent idyllic summers on a New England island, but the whales they used to watch from the beach have long gone and their own mutual dependency is beginning to unravel. With Vincent Price, AnnSothern, Harry Carey Jr , Frank Grimes and Frank Pitkin. The Director's Place, a self-portrait of Lindsay Anderson , can be seen at 8.00pm (1987) ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 59-62

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Lindsay Anderson
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Lillian Gish
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Bette Davis
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Harry Carey Jr
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Frank Grimes
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Frank Pitkin.
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Lindsay Anderson
Source: Radio Times

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