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The Raging Moon (Original title)Long Ago, Tomorrow (Alternative title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 21 January 1971 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Bryan Forbes

Synopsis: Tells the moving yet, at times humorous story of two young people who are confined to wheelchairs. They spark off in each other an interest in the world again.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Disabled people
Releases
Date: 21 January 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 111 mins Length: 10023 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: MGM-EMI Film Distributors Ltd.
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 111 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 15 October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 111 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (33)
©: E.M.I. Film Productions Limited, Bruce Cohn Curtis' production: Bruce Cohn Curtis, Released through: MGM/EMI Distributors Limited, Distributed by: Anglo/EMI Film Distributors Limited, Produced by: Bruce Cohn Curtis, Production Supervisor: Bruce Sharman, Location Manager: Robert Simmonds, Assistant Director: Dickie Bamber, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Screenplay by: Bryan Forbes, Based on the novel 'The Raging Moon' by: Peter Marshall, Photographed by: Tony Imi, Camera Operator: Tony White, Focus Puller: George Watts, Chief Electrician: Ted Hallows, Editor: Timothy Gee, Art Director: Robert Jones, Assistant Art Director: Tony Reading, Set Dresser: Chris Cook, Chief Propman: John Whatling, Wardrobe: Laurel Staffell, Chief Make-up: Ernest Gasser, Hairdresser: Barbara Ritchie, Main Title Design: Ellis/Wright, Colour by: Technicolor, Technicolor, Music by: Stanley Myers, Solo Guitar: John Williams, Sound Mixer: Bill Daniels, Dubbing Mixer: William Rowe, Sound Editor: Janet Davidson, Made at: EMI/MGM Elstree Studios
Cast (46)
Malcolm McDowell (Bruce Pritchard), Nanette Newman (Jill Mathews), Georgia Brown (Sarah Charles), Bernard Lee (Uncle Bob), Gerald Sim (Reverend Corbett), Michael Flanders (Clarence Marlow), Margery Mason (matron), Barry Jackson (Bill Charles), Geoffrey Whitehead (Harold Pritchard), Christopher Chittell (Terry), Jack Woolgar (Bruce's father), Norman Bird (Dr Mathews), Constance Chapman (Mrs Mathews), Michael Lees (Geoffrey), Geoffrey Bayldon (Mr Latbury), Patsy Smart (Bruce's mother), Theresa Watson (Gladys), Sylvia Coleridge (Celia), Brook Williams (Hugh Collins), Richard Moore (Arnold Foster), George Hilsdon (George), Nellie Hanham (Margaret), Aimee Delamain (Alice), Rachel Herbert, Rosalyn Elvin, Judith Paris (resident), Anne Dyson (Gladys' mother), Norman Tyrrell (Gladys' father), Jenny Logan (night nurse), Elsie Wagstaffe, Mary Baxter, Cathy Collins (wedding guest), Petra Markham (Mary), Jacqueline Maude (female trustee), Winifride Shelley (Mrs Hetherington), John Savident (fête guest), Michael Nightingale (Mr Thomas), Wilfred Boyle (trainer), Jackie Agrique (Edna), Paul Darrow (doctor), Marianne Stone (1st nurse), Catherine Crewe (2nd nurse), Ishaq Bux (Pakistani), Lee Carter (wedding singer), Sarah Forbes, Emma Forbes ([bridesmaid])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (9)
In: Films in London v3 n43 24 Jan 1971  Page: 38
Title: [Films in London - v3 n43 24 Jan 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n3302 23 Jan 1971  Page: 7
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3302 23 Jan 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 3 Feb 1971  Page: 24
Title: [Variety - 3 Feb 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Filmfacts v14 n22 1971  Pages: 592-595
Title: [Filmfacts - v14 n22 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v215 n31 31 Mar 1971  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v215 n31 31 Mar 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema n9874 22 Jan 1971  Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9874 22 Jan 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n445 February 1971  Page: 29
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n445 February 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Films and Filming v17 n6 March 1971  Pages: 55-56
Title: [Films and Filming - v17 n6 March 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema n9784 3 Mar 1970  Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9784 3 Mar 1970: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(15)
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