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Dulcima (Original title)
Date: 1971 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Frank Nesbitt

Synopsis: Story of a young girl and of a lonely, bitter, elderly man who takes her into his home as a housekeeper.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Housekeepers
Credits (36)
©: EMI Film Productions, Production Company: EMI Film Productions, Released Through: MGM-EMI Film Distributors Ltd., Executive Producer: John L. Hargreaves, Produced by: Basil Rayburn, Production Accountant: Ricky Norman, Location Manager: Colin Lord, Production Secretary: Pat Sims, Assistant Director: Dickie Bamber, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Casting Director: Judith Jourd, Screenplay by: Frank Nesbitt, From a story by: H.E. Bates, Photographed by: Tony Imi, Camera Operator: Tony White, Film Editor: Bill Lewthwaite, Assistant Editor: Roy Piper, Art Director: Ray Simm, Assistant Art Director: Ken Bridgeman, Set Dresser: Peter James, Construction Manager: Leon Davis, Wardrobe Supervisor: Dulcie Midwinter, Make-up: Paul Rabiger, Assistant Make-up: Colin Arthur, Hairdresser: Mary Sturgess, Title Design: Robert Ellis, Titles by: Robert Ellis, Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed and Conducted by: Johnny Douglas, [Music] Played by: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, [Orchestra] Leader: Colin Staveley, Sound Recordist: Bill Daniels, Bill Rowe, Sound Editor: Pat Foster, Made at: EMI-MGM Elstree Studios
Cast (12)
Carol White (Dulcima Gaskain), John Mills (Mr Parker), Stuart Wilson (gamekeeper), Bernard Lee (Mr Gaskain), Sheila Raynor (Mrs Gaskain), Dudley Foster (Symes), Cyril Cross (Harris), Neil Wilson (auctioneer), Peter Reeves (auctioneer's assistant), George Hilsdon (Blake), Kristin Hatfield (dress shop assistant), Philip Marsden (baby Arnold)