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The Cause

19811h 10mMovieDramaWarTV Movie

"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley…

DirectorBarry Davis
WriterDerek Lister
ProducerTerry Coles

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Cast · Directed by Barry Davis

JJJimmy Jewel
Jimmy Jewel
George Harley - England 1980
AF
Andrew Fell
George Harley - Spain 1936
DSDavid Suchet
David Suchet
Reger
TCTony Caunter
Tony Caunter
Dolly
CMClive Merrison
Clive Merrison
Rennie
BB
Bill Buffery
Conway
ESElizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs
Olive James
TWTim Wylton
Tim Wylton
Roberts
EBEamon Boland
Eamon Boland
Monroe
ER
Elizabeth Romilly
Elizabeth
KS
Kelvin Spooner
Karl
JBJonathan Burn
Jonathan Burn
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The Cause — streaming FAQ

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The Cause 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 24, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.