| Home Before Midnight | |
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 UK DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Pete Walker |
| Written by | Murray Smith Michael Armstrong |
| Story by | Pete Walker |
| Produced by | Pete Walker |
| Starring | James Aubrey Alison Elliott Mark Burns Juliet Harmer Richard Todd |
| Cinematography | Peter Jessop |
| Edited by | Alan Brett |
| Music by | Jigsaw Ray Russell |
| Production company | Peter Walker (Heritage) |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Home Before Midnight is a 1979 British sexploitation drama film directed and produced by Pete Walker, written by Murray Smith, and starring James Aubrey, Alison Elliott and Richard Todd.
Plot
The film is set in London and follows Mike Beresford, a 28-year-old songwriter who is charged with statutory rape after having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
Cast
- James Aubrey - Mike Beresford
- Alison Elliott - Ginny Wilshire
- Mark Burns - Harry Wilshire
- Juliet Harmer - Susan Wilshire
- Richard Todd - Geoffrey Steele
- Debbie Linden - Carol
- Andy Forray - Vince Owen
- Chris Jagger - Nick
- Sharon Maughan - Helen Owen
- Charles Collingwood - Burlingham
- Faith Kent - Miss Heatherton
- John Hewer - Donelly
- Jeff Rawle - Johnnie McGee
- Patrick Barr - Judge
- Edward de Souza - Archer
- Ian Sharrock - Malcolm
- Emma Jacobs - Lindy
- Leonard Kavanagh - Mr. Beresford
- Joan Pendleton - Mrs. Beresford
- Ivor Roberts - Inspector Gray
- Claire McClellan - Tracey Wilshire
- Nicholas Young - Ray
Production
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film - excluding incidental music provided by Ray Russell - was written and performed by British band Jigsaw. These songs were later released on a soundtrack album.
References
- ^ "Home before Midnight (1978) - Credits | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Home before Midnight (1978) - Release | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Sweet (2005, p. 284)
- ^ "Home before Midnight (1978) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- Bowker's Complete Video Directory. Vol. 1–4. R. R. Bowker Publishing. 1992. p. 466. ISBN 9780835237666.
- Sweet (2005, p. 254): "In Pete Walker’s Home before Midnight (1979), is a lawyer arguing that a relationship between a twentysomething songwriter and a fourteen-year-old girl does not necessarily constitute a case of statutory rape."
- "Home before Midnight (1978) - Cast | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Perrone, Pierre (23 October 2011). "Clive Scott: Keyboard-player, singer and songwriter with the Seventies pop group Jigsaw". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017.
- "Home before Midnight (1978) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
- "Home Before Midnight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Bibliography
- Sweet, Matthew (2005). Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber.
External links
| Films directed by Pete Walker | |
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