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Naming the Names

19871h 25mMovieHistoryDramaRomance

Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...

DirectorStuart Burge
WriterAnne Devlin

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Cast · Directed by Stuart Burge

STSylvestra Le Touzel
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Finn
MMMichael Maloney
Michael Maloney
Henry
MFMick Ford
Mick Ford
Jack
JEJames Ellis
James Ellis
Mr McCoy
IMIan McElhinney
Ian McElhinney
Mr McBride
SMStella McCusker
Stella McCusker
Miss Macken
LW
Leila Webster
Miss O'Hare
JM
Julie McDonald
Chrissie
LG
Laura Gorman
Sharleen McCabe
EWEileen Way
Eileen Way
Finn's Granny
BB
Brigid Erin Bates
Nurse
TLTracey Lynch
Tracey Lynch
Girl in Pyjamas

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Naming the Names 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 March 29, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.