PARADE'S END (1964)

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• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This 1964 film adaptation of the classic novel by Ford Madox Ford shows a young Judi Dench (Skyfall, J. Edgar) in one of her earliest screen roles. Considered by many as one of the pre-eminent literary works of the 20th- century, Parade's End follows Christopher Tietjens (Ronald Hines, Elizabeth R), a wealthy member of Edwardian England's upper class, as the country is drawn into World War One. Tietjens is at the center of a love triangle between his wife Sylvia (Jeanne Moody), a treacherous socialite who is trying to destroy him, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine (Dench). The warfare Tietjens encounters as an officer in Europe is but a backdrop to a personal battle of conflicting loyalties, hidden passions and the rigid social expectations of his day.
• Cast: Judi Dench, Ruth Porcher, Ronald Hines, Arthur White, Michel Ray, Bryan Hunt, Charles Houston, Arthur Lovegrove, Shane Rimmer, Edward Burnham, Douglas Ditta, Philip Stone, Derrick Gilbert, Peter Purves, Tony Steedman, Barry Jackson, Ford Madox Ford, John Hopkins
• Director: Eric Council
• Runtime: 4:30
• Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Media Format: Series