CinemaOSMovie · 1991 · 0h 59m

Gas and Candles

IMDbComedyTV Movie

Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.

Directed byAlvin Rakoff

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
August 1, 1991

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Edna Doré

Edna Doré

Betty

Bert Parnaby

Bill

Leslie Sands

Leslie Sands

Tom

Simon Oates

Simon Oates

Politician

Richard Braine

Journalist

Rod Culbertson

Superintendent Benson

Mark Lewis Jones

Mark Lewis Jones

Constable Davis

Kenneth Bryans

Assassin

Freddie Earlle

Bus Driver

Patricia Kane

Mrs Betchley

Creative team
Directed by
Alvin Rakoff
Written by
Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern

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