Business as Usual (1987)
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.
- Date of release
- 1987-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Lezli-An Barrett
Casting
- Glenda Jackson — Babs Flynn
- John Thaw — Kieran Flynn
- Cathy Tyson — Josie Patterson
- Mark McGann — Stevie Flynn
- Eamon Boland — Mr. Barry
- James Hazeldine — Mark
- Buki Armstrong — Paula Douglas
- Stephen McGann — Terry Flynn
- Philip Foster — Tim Flynn
- Natalie Duffy — Rosa
- Jack Carr — Brian Lewis
- Mel Martin — Joan Sankey
Interesting facts
Business as Usual is a 1988 drama film written and directed by Lezli-An Barrett. It stars Glenda Jackson and John Thaw. The story is based on the real-life case of Audrey White, a manager at a chain of Lady at Lord John boutiques who was fired from her job after complaining about sexual harassment.
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