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Absent Without Leave

8.019931h 44mMovieRomanceDramaWar

In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in…

DirectorJohn Laing
WritersJames Edwards·Graeme Tetley
ProducerRobin Laing

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Cast · Directed by John Laing

CMCraig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan
James Edwards
KHKatrina Hobbs
Katrina Hobbs
Daisy Edwards
TBTony Barry
Tony Barry
Peter
JD
Judie Douglass
Ella
KB
Ken Blackburn
C.O.
TB
Tony Burton
Constable
FB
Francis Bell
Paddy
RMRobyn Malcolm
Robyn Malcolm
Betty
DC
David Copeland
Claude
DK
Desmond Kelly
Daisy's Father
RH
Rebecca Hobbs
Daisy's Sister
JF
Joan Foster
Daisy's Stepmother

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