Film

The Girl

1996 · 2h 36m · Drama

IMDb

7.2

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

Siobhan Flynn

Hannah Boyle

Jonathan Cake

Ned Ridley

Mark Benton

Fred Loam

Susan Jameson

Mrs. Daisy Loam

Jill Baker

Anne Thornton

Emily Hamilton

Margaret Thornton

Stuart Piper

Young John

David Whealy

Pearman

• David WheatleyDirector
• Catherine CooksonWriter

Release date

February 16, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 36m

Genres

Drama