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The Elephant Man

BBC One
on BBC One London

David Lynch's moving dramatisation of the life of John Merrick, starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins

1884: an ambitious young surgeon is intrigued by a sideshow freak billed as the "Elephant Man". He finds, behind the disfigured exhibit, an intelligent person whose rehabilitation he undertakes.
Showing in widescreen format. (1980, PG)
(Black and white) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 42-49 ****

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Contributors

Director:
David Lynch
John Merrick:
John Hurt
Frederick Treves:
Anthony Hopkins
Mrs Madge Kendal:
Anne Bancroft
Carr Gomm:
John Gielgud
Mothershead:
Wendy Hiller
Bytes:
Freddie Jones
Night porter:
Michael Elphick
Mrs Treves:
Hannah Gordon
Princess Alex:
Helen Ryan
Source: Radio Times

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