The Sailor's Return (film)

The Sailor's Return is a 1978 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde and Elton Charles.^[1] It is based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. It was made by Euston Films.^[2] The film concerns the ostracizing of a sailor and his black wife.

The budget of the film was £400,000.^[3] Distributor receipts as at the end of 1978 were £46,152.^[4]

Premise

A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.

Cast

Tom Bell ... William Targett
Shope Shodeinde ... Princess Tulip
Elton Charles ... Billy / Olu Targett
Denyse Alexander ... Mrs. Cherret
Julia Swift ... Annie
Pat Keen ... Mrs. Bascombe
Nigel Hawthorne ... Mr. Fosse
Jill Spurrier ... Mrs. Frickes
Ray Smith ... Fred Leake
Mick Ford ... Tom Madgwick
Peter Benson ... Charlie Nye
Ann Way ... Mrs. Clall
Paola Dionisotti ... Lucy Sturmey
George Costigan ... Harry Targett
Clive Swift ... Reverend Pottock
Victor Winding ... Ship's Captain

References

^ "The Sailor's Return (1980)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
^ "BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
^ With Gold-on-the-World Radin, Victoria. The Observer 6 Nov 1977: 31.
^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.

External links

The Sailor's Return at IMDb

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[1] "The Sailor's Return (1980)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.

[2] "BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk.

[3] With Gold-on-the-World Radin, Victoria. The Observer 6 Nov 1977: 31.

[money-4] Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.

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