Movie·2000·1h 24m
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
It's never too late for an encore.
Directed By
Gillies MacKinnon
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Written By
Alan Plater
Producer
Su Armstrong, Frank Doelger
Cinematography
Richard Greatrex
Music
John E. Keane
Editor
Pia Di Ciaula
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
20 votes
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// cast
Cast
Judi Dench
Elizabeth
Ian Holm
Patrick
Joan Sims
Betty
June Whitfield
Annie
Olympia Dukakis
Dinah
Billie Whitelaw
Evelyn
Leslie Caron
Madeleine
Cleo Laine
Gwen
Romola Garai
Young Elizabeth
James Cosmo
McNab
Thelma Ruby
Vera
Millie Findlay
Joanna
Felicity Dean
Patricia
Nicholas Palliser
Edward (as Nicholas Pallister)
Valentine Pelka
Leslie
Carla MacKinnon
Carol
Dom Chapman
Paul
John Warnaby
Hibbert
// crew
Crew
Gillies MacKinnon
Director
Alan Plater
Writer
John E. Keane
Original Music Composer
Richard Greatrex
Director of Photography
Pia Di Ciaula
Editor
Su Armstrong
Producer
Frank Doelger
Executive Producer
Deirdre Keir
Executive Producer
Simon Wright
Executive Producer
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