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While I Live

6.919471h 25mMovieThriller

In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a…

DirectorJohn Harlow
WritersJohn Harlow·Doreen Montgomery
ProducerEdward Dryhurst

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Cast · Directed by John Harlow

SDSonia Dresdel
Sonia Dresdel
Julia Trevelyan
CRCarol Raye
Carol Raye
Sally Grant
TWTom Walls
Tom Walls
Nehemiah
PBPatricia Burke
Patricia Burke
Christine Sloan
CEClifford Evans
Clifford Evans
Peter Sloan
JW
John Warwick
George Grant
AFAudrey Fildes
Audrey Fildes
Olwen Trevelyan
EBErnest Butcher
Ernest Butcher
Ambrose
EH
Enid Hewitt
Ruth

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