Lease of Life - Robert Donat & Kay Walsh Full Original Film - 1954

Description: Lease of Life - Original Full Film with Robert Donat & Kay Walsh 1954 - FULL COLOUR Region-Free DVD - Excellent Print - Will play on all machines including UK, USA and Dominions. Recent Feedback on this item: <> TO include another FREE DVD with Donat "If I Were Rich" From our unique archives, this disk, transferred to DVD from original masters will be presented on a plain DVD in a plain sleeve without case. Artwork may be downloaded from the photos. Each DVD is guaranteed. Copyright licences have been obtained where appropriate. We specialise in obtaining rare and deleted films and records, transferring them to CD or DVD at low cost for your enjoyment. Worldwide shipping is FREE. Re-visit England as it used to be - and should be again. Great acting from the dying Robert Donat in his last major film (he knew he was dying when he made this). Great singing from the choirboys of The Temple Church, London who play the Cathedral Choristers This British drama focuses on William Thorne (Robert Donat), the vicar of a small village, who leads a modest life as a clergyman. Supporting his wife, Vera (Kay Walsh), and musically talented daughter, Susan (Adrienne Corri), with his work, Thorne is also thoroughly devoted to his community. When he finds out that he doesn't have long to live, however, Thorne rethinks his staid existence and develops a more vibrant way of being, affecting all of those around him. William Thorne (Robert Donat) is the vicar of the village of Hinton St. John, living with wife Vera (Kay Walsh) and daughter Susan (Adrienne Corri), an exceptionally gifted pianist. Although the focus of the local community, the Thornes live a life of having to struggle and scrimp to make ends meet financially. Vera is a typical clergy wife, having to sublimate her own needs and desires to the exigencies of her husband's career, as a result tending to live life vicariously through her daughter, whose musical gifts she is determined must not be wasted. On discovering that he has less than a year to live, Thorne reevaluates his own life and his parishioners and he finds himself happier than before, as he now feels able to speak completely honestly about his beliefs and does his best to demonstrate to his parishioners that religion is not a matter of unthinking adherence to a fixed set of rules, but of freedom to act according to one's conscience. However some of his pronouncements are willfully misunderstood and deemed provocative and controversial. There also remains the worry about how to secure the necessary funds to pay for Susan's tuition at a music college, and fate happens to put temptation in the way. CastRobert Donat as Rev. William ThorneKay Walsh as Vera ThorneAdrienne Corri as Susan ThorneDenholm Elliott as Martin BlakeWalter Fitzgerald as The DeanReginald Beckwith as FoleyCyril Raymond as HeadmasterVida Hope as Mrs. SproatleyBeckett Bould as Mr. SproatleyJean Anderson as Miss CalthorpRussell Waters as RussellAlan Webb as Dr. PemburyRichard Wattis as SolicitorRichard Leech as CarterFrederick Piper as JewellerMark Daly as SpoonerFrank Atkinson as VergerLocation filming[edit]Exterior sequences for Lease of Life were filmed in Beverley (Gilchester) and the nearby village of Lund (Hinton St. John) in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The railway scenes in the film were filmed at Windsor & Eton Central station. The choir was that of the Temple Church, London If you are not satisfied, just tell us and you will get your money back: no questions!

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