TV Movie ·Drama ·Romance · United Kingdom · 1993 · 3h 0m

The Man Who Cried

Director

Michael Whyte

Cast

Kate Buffery as Florrie Donnely Ciarán Hinds as Abel Mason Amanda Root as Hilda Maxwell Daniel Massey as Peter Maxwell

Crew

Stan Barstow — Writer Catherine Cookson — Novel

Synopsis

Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he loves dies at the hands of her husband after he was sent a letter by Mason's wife, exposing the affair, Abel leaves her for good taking to the road and young Dick with him.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book

Key Collaborators

Michael Whyte Director Stan Barstow Writer Catherine Cookson Novel

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