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The Cider House Rules

Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Wartime drama about a young man who is taught medicine by the doctor at the orphanage where he was brought up. When he clashes with his mentor over the issue of abortion, he leaves the home and finds work on a cider farm. There, he falls in love with another man's girlfriend but starts to re-evaluate his principles when one of the farm workers becomes pregnant by her own father. Show less

Contributors

Homer Wells:
Tobey Maguire
Dr Wilbur Larch:
Michael Caine
Candy Kendall:
Charlize Theron
Arthur Rose:
Delroy Lindo
Lieutenant Wally Worthington:
Paul Rudd
Nurse Angela:
Kathy Baker
Rose Rose:
Erykah Badu
Nurse Edna:
Jane Alexander
Olive Worthington:
Kate Nelligan
Ray Kendall:
JK Simmons
Director of photography:
Oliver Stapleton

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