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Property Rites (1984)

Directed by Heather Powell

Drama · 59m

Partly based on a true event, the death in 1817 of a Birmingham woman, Mary Ashford, and the consequent trial of a local man, Abraham Thornton, for her rape and murder. The film is concerned with the response of her contemporaries to her behaviour on the night before she died, and by situating this within the fictional circumstances of a modern woman, explores current attitudes to rape, and the forces and assumptions underlying them.

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Cast

S
Sally Eldridge Cathy
S
Sianna King Lynn
L
Len Edwards Dr. Booker
P
Paul Farla Broadside Seller
A
Alton Douglas Friend to Justice
J
Jean Mullholland
D
Denise Robertson
C
Catherine Hall

Crew

Director
Heather Powell
Writer
Heather Powell, Carola Klein
Editor
Carola Klein
Producer
Roger Shannon

Details

Release date
1984-06-14
Runtime
59m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Birmingham Film and Video Workshop