Edna: The Inebriate Woman

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1971 · 90 min · TV Movie · Drama

Overview

A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.

Directed by Ted Kotcheff

Cast

• Patricia Hayes — Edna
• Barbara Jefford — Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
• Geraldine Sherman — Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
• Cheryl Hall — Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
• Freda Dowie — Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'