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A Light That Shines

1979Movie

' I'm a spy, you know ... I've got to report back.' Conroy has been asked by the teaching order's recruitment officer Brother Martin Jerome , to be guide and help to the most promising candidate, 16-year-old Stephen. To Stephen it is just another of the pressures on him at this critical time.

DirectorMarek Kanievska
WriterColin Tucker
ProducerAnne Head

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Cast · Directed by Marek Kanievska

DSDonald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter
Brother Martin Jerome
SG
Steven Grives
Conroy
JW
John Wheatley
Stephen
PCPeter Cellier
Peter Cellier
Brother Ambrose
AMAnn Mitchell
Ann Mitchell
Mother
PS
Peggy Sinclair
Matron
JLJulian Littman
Julian Littman
Griffin
CGChristopher Guard
Christopher Guard
Des
VO
Vicky Ogden
Bernadette
RR
Rex Robinson
Brother George

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A Light That Shines 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 May 30, 1979. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.