The Dressmaker (1988 film) explained

The Dressmaker
Director:	Jim O'Brien
Based On:	The Dressmaker
Producer:	Steve Clark-Hall John McGrath Ronald Shedlo
Starring:	Joan Plowright Billie Whitelaw Jane Horrocks
Cinematography:	Michael Coulter
Editing:	William Diver
Music:	George Fenton
Studio:	British Screen Productions Channel Four Films
Distributor:	Euro American Pictures
Runtime:	92 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Budget:	£1.28 million^[1]

The Dressmaker is a 1988 British drama film directed by Jim O'Brien and starring Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw and Pete Postlethwaite.^[2] It is an adaptation of the 1973 novel The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge.

Plot

Set during the Second World War in England, the story concerns a claustrophobic relationship between two middle-aged sisters and their fragile 17-year-old niece.

Cast

• Joan Plowright – Nellie
• Billie Whitelaw – Margo
• Pete Postlethwaite – Jack
• Jane Horrocks – Rita
• Tim Ransom – Wesley
• Pippa Hinchley – Val
• Rosemary Martin – Mrs Manders
• Tony Haygarth – Mr Manders
• Michael James Reed – Chuck
• Sam Douglas – Corporal Zawadski
• Bert Parnaby – Mr Barnes
• Lorraine Ashbourne – Factory Girl
• Mandy Walsh – Factory Girl
• Margi Clarke – Shopwoman
• Andrew Moorcroft – Butcher's Boy
• Marie Jelliman – Mrs O'Toole

Notes and References

1. Web site: Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing. 21. British Film Institute. 2005.
2. Web site: The Dressmaker (1988). https://web.archive.org/web/20090114224652/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/427440. dead. 2009-01-14. BFI.