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A Better Class of Person

8.019852h MovieDramaTV Movie

Adaptation of John Osborne's autobiography about his early life, showing his much-loved but frail father and combative relationship with his mother.

DirectorFrank Cvitanovich
WriterJohn Osborne
ProducersFrank Cvitanovich·Lloyd Shirley

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Cast · Directed by Frank Cvitanovich

EAEileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins
Nellie Osborne
SBSpencer Banks
Spencer Banks
Raymond
JOJohn Osborne
John Osborne
Narrator
DB
Daniel Beales
Prefect
DGDavid Garlick
David Garlick
Young Mickey
AHAlan Howard
Alan Howard
Tom Osborne
SWSophie Ward
Sophie Ward
Isabel

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A Better Class of Person hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 20, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.