The Raggedy Rawney

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The Raggedy Rawney (1988)

Directed by Bob Hoskins

Drama, Romance, War · 1h 43m

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.

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Cast

Bob Hoskins Darky Dexter Fletcher Tom Zoë Nathenson Jessie Zoë Wanamaker Elle
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Timmy Lang Simon Ian McNeice The Farmer Gawn Grainger The Officer Jim Carter The Soldier Ian Dury Weazel J.G. Devlin Jake Veronica Clifford The Farmer's Wife
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Jane Wood Vie

Crew

Director
Bob Hoskins
Screenplay
Bob Hoskins, Nicole de Wilde
Director of Photography
Frank Tidy
Original Music Composer
Michael Kamen
Editor
Alan Jones

Details

Release date
1988-09-20
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Handmade Films, The Cannon Group, Virgin Vision