Film

The Raggedy Rawney

1988 · 1h 43m · Drama · Romance · War

IMDb

6.3

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.

Bob Hoskins

Darky

Dexter Fletcher

Tom

Zoë Nathenson

Jessie

Zoë Wanamaker

Elle

Timmy Lang

Simon

Ian McNeice

The Farmer

Gawn Grainger

The Officer

Jim Carter

The Soldier

Ian Dury

Weazel

J.G. Devlin

Jake

Veronica Clifford

The Farmer's Wife

Jane Wood

Vie

Jenny Platt

Little Girl

Jane Badurova

Farmer's Daughter

Perry Fenwick

Victor

Dave Hill

Lamb

• Bob HoskinsDirector · Screenplay
• Nicole de WildeScreenplay
• George HarrisonExecutive Producer
• Denis O'BrienExecutive Producer
• Frank TidyDirector of Photography
• Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
• Alan JonesEditor

Release date

September 20, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War