Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown

• Director: Norman Stone
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Period Film
• Themes: Starting Over, Servants and Employers
• Main Cast: Janet McTeer, Bob Peck, Geraldine Somerville
• Release Year: 1991
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 103 minutes

Plot

Filmed for British television in 1991, Black Velvet Gown is a two-part adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. The story begins in 1834; Riah Millican (Janet McTeer), left penniless by her husband's death, is evicted from her home along with her children. She takes a job as housekeeper for Percival Miller (Bob Peck), the reclusive master of Gulmington Mansion. Soon Riah is ruling the roost, as it were, and is in a position to hire and fire servants on her own. Part Two involves the arrival of illiterate serving girl Biddy (Geraldine Somerville), and the ensuing consequences. Black Velvet Gown was telecast in the US in 1993 on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jean Anderson - Madame Gallmington; Aran Bell - Stephen Gallmington; Christopher Benjamin - Anthony Gallington; Donald Bisset - Mr. Morgan; Janet McTeer - Riah Millican; Bob Peck - Percival Miller; Geraldine Somerville - Biddy Millican; David Hunt - Laurence Gallmington; David Oliver - Younger Davey Millican; Susan Richardson - Florrie McNulty; Louise Lombard - Lucy Gallmington; Lizzie McKenzie - Fanny Briggs; Val McLane - Annie Griston; Jon Croft - Thomas Froggett; Caspar Berry - Older Davey Millican; Brendan P. Healy

Credit

Tim Puttnam - Art Director, Don Bell - Associate Producer, Norman Stone - Director, John MacDonnell - Editor, Michael Chaplin - Executive Producer, Ray Marshall - Executive Producer, Carl Davis - Composer (Music Score), Jennifer Boost - Makeup, Ken Westbury - Cinematographer, Catherine Cookson - Screenwriter

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