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Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1989-01-13
- video_camera_front Companies British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film4 Productions
- timer Runtime: 108 Mins
- star Rating: 7.1 / 10
- favorite Likes: 85 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0095302
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Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
Suzi
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
Ali
Baby
groups Crew
Mike Leigh
Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader
John Etherington
Grip
Roger Pratt
Camera Operator
George Richards
Boom Operator
Robin Heinson
Standby Painter
Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant
Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
Mike D'Silva
Accountant
Pat Howell
Production Accountant
Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Peter Joly
Sound Editor
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive
Vernon Connolly
Electrician
Colin Smith
Other
Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor
Graham Broadbent
Production Runner
Perry Bell
Painter
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Hairdresser
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Caroline Hill
Production Manager
Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director
Chris Streeter
Driver
Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager
Barry Arnold
Standby Property Master
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction
Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director
Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Colin Brooks
Painter
Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer
Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor
Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant
Dom Shaw
Assistant Director
Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator
Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Les Benson
Property Master
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marc Munden
Second Assistant Director
Ted Read
Gaffer
Barry Read
Electrician
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger
Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Maddy Hall
Other
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Diana Charnley
Production Design
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Jon Gregory
Editor
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Victor Glynn
Producer
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist
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