Brimstone & Treacle

A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.

Cast

Sting

as Martin Taylor

Denholm Elliott

as Tom Bates

Joan Plowright

as Norma Bates

Suzanna Hamilton

as Patricia Bates

Benjamin Whitrow

as Businessman

Dudley Sutton

as Stroller

Mary MacLeod

as Valerie Holdsworth

Tim Preece

as Clergyman

Elizabeth Bradley

as Woman Passer By

Hugh Walters

as Man

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