An Awfully Big Adventure
68 reviews
Romance/Drama
1h 53m
1995
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly...
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Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.
- DirectorMike Newell
- Release11 May 1995
- Genre
- Duration1h 53m
- Budget$4,000,000
- Revenue$851,545
- Rate68 reviews
- Productions
Fine Line Features, British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, BBC
Cast

Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara

Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter

Georgina Cates
Stella

Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon

Peter Firth
Bunny

Prunella Scales
Rose

Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily

Alan Cox
Geoffrey

Edward Petherbridge
St.Ives

Nicola Pagett
Dotty Blundell

Carol Drinkwater
Dawn Allenby

Clive Merrison
Desmond Fairchild

Gerard McSorley
George

Ruth McCabe
Grace Bird

James Frain
John Harbour

Pat Laffan
Mr Harcourt

Patti Love
Mary Deare

Hilary Reynolds
Babs Osbourne

Tom Hickey
Freddie Reynalde

Brendan Conroy
Disley

Johnny Murphy
One Eye

Peter O'Farrell
Long John Silver

Agnes Bernelle
Mrs Ackerly

Brian McGrath
Vicar
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