The Girl

The Girl — Plot

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

• Release date
• February 16, 1996
• Runtime
• 156 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• David Wheatley

The Girl — Cast

Siobhan Flynn Hannah Boyle Jonathan Cake Ned Ridley Mark Benton Fred Loam Susan Jameson Mrs. Daisy Loam Jill Baker Anne Thornton Emily Hamilton Margaret Thornton

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Stuart Piper Young John

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David Whealy Pearman