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These Foolish Things

1989MovieRomanceDramaTV Movie

Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated. She finds that in affairs of the heart, advice is the last thing she needs.

DirectorCharles Gormley
WriterElizabeth Spender
ProducerAndy Park

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Cast · Directed by Charles Gormley

JFJames Fox
James Fox
Nick Verney
LDLindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan
Gutrune Day
CMCiaran Madden
Ciaran Madden
Catherine
MKMichael Keating
Michael Keating
Charlie
ADAnthony Dutton
Anthony Dutton
Sgt Bliss
TKTom Knight
Tom Knight
Jones
AKAlex Kingston
Alex Kingston
Daniella
NC
Nina Cowan
Daisy
EL
Eva Lohman
Susannah
CSChloe Salaman
Chloe Salaman
Anita
CA
Charlotte Attenborough
Teasel
MHMichael Howe
Michael Howe
Gustav

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These Foolish Things 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 April 18, 1989. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.