The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

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  Jack Clayton

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  Maggie Smith
  Judith Hearne
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  Bob Hoskins
  James Madden
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  Wendy Hiller
  Aunt D'Arcy
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  Marie Kean
  Mrs. Rice
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  Ian McNeice
  Bernard Rice
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  Rudi Davies
  Mary
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  Prunella Scales
  Moira O'Neill
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  Áine Ní Mhuirí
  Edie Marinan
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  Sheila Reid
  Mrs Friel
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  Niall Buggy
  Mr Lenehan
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  Kate Binchy
  Sister Ignatius
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  Martina Stanley
  Sister Mary-Paul
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  Veronica Quilligan
  Mrs Mullen
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  Frank Egerton
  The Major
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  Leonard Maguire
  Dr Bowe
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  Kevin Flood
  Owen O'Neill
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  Catherine Cusack
  Una O'Neill
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  Peter Gilmore
  Kevin O'Neill
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  James Holland
  Shaun O'Neill
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  Aidan Gillen
  Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)