3PC BOX: MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

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• Release Year: 1978
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realizing his loss, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far. Eighteen years later, Henchard has become Mayor of Casterbridge, a man well respected but not well liked. The unexpected return of his wife and daughter Elizabeth Jane sets off a turn of events that force him to face the consequences of his selfish impulses and violent temper.
• Cast: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anna Massey, Ronald Lacey, Peter Bourke, Jeffrey Holland, Alan Rowe, Gillian Brown, Clifford Parrish, Avis Bunnage, Richard Owens, Douglas Milvain, Anne Stallybrass, Freddie Jones, Deddie Davies, Patricia Fincham, Mischa De La Motte, Alan Collins, Alec Bregonzi, Anthony Douse, Joe Ritchie, Kenneth Waller, William Whymper, Rod Beacham, Trudie Styler, Desmond Adams, David Auker, Bernard Taylor, Leonard Trolley, Stuart Fell, Terry Francis, Michael Miller, Denis Costello, John Flint, Steven Warner, Jack Le White, Lloyd McGuire, Phillida Sewell, Antony Spicer, Arthur Bridgeman, Charles West, David Willitts, Thomas Hardy, Dennis Potter
• Director: David Thacker
• Runtime: 6:08
• Media Format: movie