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A Dedicated Man (1982)
Directed by Robert Knights
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 00m
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes distraught when she learns that Maurice has been offered a more prestigious job at a luxury hotel. Maurice explains to Edith that he can only take the position if he is married. Unaware Edith's crush, Maurice proposes. She accepts and they set up a household for business purposes only -- complete with a photograph of a make-believe son. As Edith continues to live with this charade, her obsession with Maurice and the "son" grows, leading to a shocking and disturbing outcome!
Cast
Joan Plowright
Alec McCowen
Marged Esli
Aimée Delamain
Peter Martin
Crew
- Director
- Robert Knights
- Writer
- Hugh Whitemore
- Producer
- Roy Roberts
Details
- Release date
- 1982-03-31
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Granada Television