Main Cast: Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde, Mick Ford, Paola Dionisotti, George Costigan
Release Year: 1978
Country: UK/US
Run Time: 112 minutes
Plot
Based on a novel by David Garnett, Sailor's Return is a British Victorian-era domestic drama, with plenty of domesticity and precious little drama. Tom Bell stars as a sailor who returns to his home village with his new bride (Shope Soleinde). The bride is black; the village is aghast. Struggling against the prejudice of the townsfolk and his own doubts about the wisdom of his union, Bell opens a pub. No distributor wanted to have anything to do with Sailor's Return, a dilemma due less to the film's subject matter than to its production ineptitudes. The film finally got its first showing on British television, two years after its completion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Clive Swift - Rev. Pottock; Ray Smith - Fred Leake; Ivor Roberts - Molten; Bernard Hill - Carter; Anthony Langdon - Jack Sait
Credit
Jack Gold - Director, Verity Lambert - Executive Producer, Carl Davis - Composer (Music Score), Wally Schneiderman - Makeup, Brian Tufano - Cinematographer, Otto Plaschkes - Producer, James Saunders - Screenwriter, David Garnett - Book Author
