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The Sunday Film: The Seduction of Miss Leona

BBC One
on BBC One London

continues a short season of love stories receiving their television premiere, starring
Lynn Redgrave , Brian Dennehy, Conchata Ferrell , Anthony Zerbe
Miss Leona teaches English on a small-town campus where she has fled after a disastrous love affair. Although determined to avoid being hurt again, she falls in love with Bliss Dawson, a married handyman who has been repairing her house. A tender relationship develops between the two, but their romantic idyll is shattered when Bliss's wife refuses to give him up without a fight.
Films: page 16

Contributors

Screenplay:
Dan Wakefield
Based on the novel "Bliss" by:
Elizabeth Gundy
Producer:
Joe Hardy
Producer:
Dan Wakefield
Director:
Joe Hardy
Leona DeVos:
Lynn Redgrave
Clem Steggman:
Anthony Zerbe
Hazel Dawson:
Conchata Ferrell
Bliss Dawson:
Brian Dennehy
Janie Dawson:
Elizabeth Cheshire
Donald Curdy:
James Ray
Murial Curdy:
Linda Ryan
June Setzer:
Garn Stephens
Professor Fowler:
Matthew Tobin
Borgland:
David-James Carroll
Source: Radio Times

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