Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for downfall. Rita is a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction for one another. As Rita engages her teacher in a fuzzy romance, she matures and discovers a new side of herself, but in the end she must choose either her marriage or the magnetic Dr. Bryant.
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Written by
Willy Russell
Starring
Michael Caine (Dr. Frank Bryant); Julie Walters (Rita, aka Susan); Michael Williams (Brian); Maureen Lipman (Trish); Jeananne Crowley (Julia); Malcolm Douglas (Denny); Godfrey Quigley (Rita's Father); Dearbhla Molloy (Elaine); Pat Daly (Bursar); Kim Fortune (Collins); Philip Hurdwood (Tiger); Hilary Reynolds (Lesley); Jack Walsh (Price); Christopher Casson (Professor); Rosamund Burton (Denise). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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