And a Nightingale Sang

7.6
1989 1 hr 36 min Drama , Comedy , Romance , TV Movie

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a serviceman from London. In contrast, her younger sister Joyce has quite a way with men, and finds herself a little too popular with the troops, especially when her husband pops up on leave from his regiment.

  • Cast:
    Phyllis Logan , Tom Watt , Joan Plowright , John Woodvine , Stephen Tompkinson , Pippa Hinchley , Willie Ross

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Reviews

Interesteg
1989/04/17

What makes it different from others?

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Laikals
1989/04/18

The greatest movie ever made..!

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Hadrina
1989/04/19

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Quiet Muffin
1989/04/20

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

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