The Girl (1996)
Overview
Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.
Overview
Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.
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Release Date
February 16, 1996
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Runtime
2h 36m
Siobhan Flynn
Hannah Boyle
Jonathan Cake
Ned Ridley
Mark Benton
Fred Loam
Susan Jameson
Mrs. Daisy Loam
Jill Baker
Anne Thornton
Emily Hamilton
Margaret Thornton
Stuart Piper
Young John
David Whealy
Pearman
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