Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
- based on novel or book
- excavation
- single parent
- based on true story
- class differences
- archaeologist
- archaeological dig
- excavator
- 1930s
- suffolk
- england
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ben Chaplin — Stuart Piggott
- Ken Stott — Charles Phillips
- Archie Barnes — Robert Pretty
- Monica Dolan — May Brown
- Eamon Farren — John Brailsford
- Paul Ready — James Reid Moir
- Peter McDonald — Guy Maynard
- Stephen Worrall — Ferryman
- Danny Webb — John Grateley
- Robert Wilfort — Billy Lyons
- James Dryden — George Spooner
- Directed
- Simon Stone
- Written
- Moira Buffini
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 1,378 ratings
- Studio
- Clerkenwell Films, Magnolia Mae Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
