I Can't... I Can't... (1969)
Her Doctor Knows! Her Priest Knows! Why Can't She Tell Her Husband?
The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries and dies on her wedding day. The young woman, one of seven children, blames her father’s lust for the death. When her own wedding night arrives she is terrified and refuses to consummate the marriage with her husband. Her parish priest forbids her to accept her doctor’s suggestion that she should use contraception and she is driven to desperate measures.
- Date of release
- 1969-11-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Piers Haggard
Casting
- Tessa Wyatt — Mady - Bride
- Dennis Waterman — Joe O'Reilly - Groom
- Alexandra Bastedo — Gloria - Girl Friend
- Eddie Byrne — Tom
- Martin Dempsey — Father Keegan
- Marie O'Donnell — Kate
- Pat Laffan — Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
Interesting facts
I Can't... I Can't, is a 1970 British-Irish film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Dennis Waterman, Tessa Wyatt, Alexandra Bastedo and Eddie Byrne. It was Haggard's directorial debut.
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