Catherine Cookson's The Dwelling Place Movie Review 199

Sixteen-year-old Cissie (Whitwell) struggles to hold her family together after the death of their parents in 1830's England. But her situation turns tragic when she's raped and left pregnant but drunken young aristocrat Clive (Rawle-Hicks), eventually giving the baby to be raised by Clive's father (Fox). Based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.

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Available on VHS
Running time 145 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Coming of Age, Brothers & Sisters, Pregnant Pauses, Period Piece: 19th Century, Great Britain, Books to Film: Catherine Cookson

Cast

Tracy Whitwell, James Fox, Edward Rawle-Hicks

Director

Gavin Millar

Producer

Yorkshire Television