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Fothergill

19811h Movie

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

DirectorClaude Whatham
WriterRobert Holmes
ProducerInnes Lloyd

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Cast · Directed by Claude Whatham

RHRobert Hardy
Robert Hardy
John Fothergill
LFLynn Farleigh
Lynn Farleigh
Kate
JCJohn Carson
John Carson
Neilson
PNPatrick Newell
Patrick Newell
Pemberton
ESElizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs
Middle Class Woman
JBJohn Bird
John Bird
HG Wells
SSSebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw
Crusty Old Party
DKDavid de Keyser
David de Keyser
Curtis Bennett
JSJeremy Sinden
Jeremy Sinden
Evelyn Waugh
JFJohn Franklyn-Robbins
John Franklyn-Robbins
1st Clubman
PH
Peter Hughes
2nd Clubman
IRIvor Roberts
Ivor Roberts
Schoolmaster

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Fothergill hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 26, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.