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The Innocent

6.719851h 41mMovieDramaTV Movie

A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of…

DirectorJohn Mackenzie
WriterRay Jenkins
ProducersJacky Stoller·Dickie Bamber

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Cast · Directed by John Mackenzie

AH
Andrew Hawley
Timothy 'Tim' Dobson
KMKika Markham
Kika Markham
Mrs. Dobson
LNLiam Neeson
Liam Neeson
John Carns
PD
Patrick Daley
Eddie King
PA
Paul Askew
Stanley
LPLorraine Peters
Lorraine Peters
Win's grandmother
TBTom Bell
Tom Bell
Frank Dobson
RHRichard Hope
Richard Hope
Mouth Organ Player
JC
Jack Carr
Mill Owner
CWClive Wood
Clive Wood
Turner
MRMiranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson
Mary Turner
RLRichard Laxton
Richard Laxton
Reg Reid

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The Innocent 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 May 6, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.