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Absent Friends

7.019851h 27mMovie

Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.

DirectorMichael Simpson
WriterAlan Ayckbourn
ProducerShaun Sutton

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Cast · Directed by Michael Simpson

HBHywel Bennett
Hywel Bennett
John
TCTom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
Colin
DLDinsdale Landen
Dinsdale Landen
Paul
MLMaureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman
Marge
KLKate Lock
Kate Lock
Evelyn
JMJulia McKenzie
Julia McKenzie
Diana

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Absent Friends 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 November 17, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.