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The White Bird Passes

  • TV Movie
  • 1980
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Isobel Black in The White Bird Passes (1980)
Drama

Based on the novel by the same, this drama set in a poverty stricken area of Aberdeenshire follows the life and times of a young girl, Janie daughter of the local prostitute who plays with h... Read allBased on the novel by the same, this drama set in a poverty stricken area of Aberdeenshire follows the life and times of a young girl, Janie daughter of the local prostitute who plays with her friend Gerty and visits her grandmother as well as her transition into adulthood.Based on the novel by the same, this drama set in a poverty stricken area of Aberdeenshire follows the life and times of a young girl, Janie daughter of the local prostitute who plays with her friend Gerty and visits her grandmother as well as her transition into adulthood.

  • Director
    • Michael Radford
  • Writers
    • Jessie Kesson
    • Michael Radford
  • Stars
    • Derek Anders
    • Isobel Black
    • Marjorie Dalziel
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    • Director
      • Michael Radford
    • Writers
      • Jessie Kesson
      • Michael Radford
    • Stars
      • Derek Anders
      • Isobel Black
      • Marjorie Dalziel
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    Derek Anders
    Isobel Black
    Isobel Black
    • Liza
    Marjorie Dalziel
    Sheila Donald
    Jean Faulds
    Joan Fitzpatrick
    Geordie Hamilton
    Willie Joss
      Joanna Keddie
      James Kennedy
      Phyllis Logan
      Phyllis Logan
      • Janie (Aged 16)
      Dawn Massie
      Vicki Masson
      • Janie (Aged 9)
      Rose McBain
      Eileen McCallum
      David Mowat
      Ron Paterson
      Billy Riddoch
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          • Michael Radford
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          • Michael Radford
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          The crew members were not aware that the hemlock Vicki Masson and Dawn Mattie were playing with for one scene was deadly poisonous.

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