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The Death of the Heart

1987
1h 49m
Drama/Family
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Cast

Phyllis Calvert (Mrs. Heccomb)Daniel Chatto (Eddie)JoJo Cole (Portia Quayne)Judith Davis (Waitress)Alice Douglas (Clara)Paul Mark Elliott (Cecil)Samantha Gates (Lillian)Meryl Hampton (Phyllis)Robert Hardy (Major Brutt)Nigel Havers (Thomas Quayne)Damaris Hayman (Miss Paullie)Wendy Hiller (Matchett)Patricia Hodge (Anna Quayne)Jonathan Hyde (St. Quentin Miller)Patrick Pearson (Dickie Heccomb)Miranda Richardson (Daphne Heccomb)Ilsa Rowe (Evelyn)Anthony Schaeffer (Taxi Driver)

Director

Peter Hammond

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Synopsis

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.

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