The Old Devils (1992)
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
- Date of release
- 1992-03-16
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Director
- Tristram Powell
Casting
- John Stride — Alun Weaver
- Sheila Allen — Rhiannon Weaver
- Ray Smith — Charlie Norris
- Elizabeth Morgan — Sophie Norris
- James Grout — Peter Thomas
- Anne Stallybrass — Muriel Thomas
- Bernard Hepton — Malcolm Cellan-Davies
- Anna Cropper — Gwen Cellan-Davies
- Elizabeth Spriggs — Dorothy Morgan
- Gerald James — Percy Morgan
- Desmond Barrit — Tarquin Jones
- Howell Evans — Gareth Pumphrey
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