Afternoon Off (1979)
1h 3m
Running Time
February 3, 1979Release Date
Afternoon Off (1979)
1h 3m
Running Time
February 3, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
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Cast & Crew.
Henry Man
Lee
Benjamin Whitrow
Father
Angela Morant
Mother
Pasquale Perrino
Maitre d'
Philip Jackson
Bernard
Harold Innocent
Marjory
Pete Postlethwaite
Attendant in Art Gallery
Stan Richards
Man in Art Gallery
Harry Markham
Harry
Jackie Shinn
Jackie
Elizabeth Spriggs
Miss Beckinsale
Peter Butterworth
Mr Bywaters
Joan Scott
Manageress of Shoe Shop
Angela Curran
Shirley
Carol MacReady
Customer in Shoe Shop
Patricia Baker
Iris Butterfield
Douglas Quarterman
Ernest Fletcher
Alan Bennett
Mr Petty / Writer
Janine Duvitski
Doreen
Richard Griffiths
Factory Boss
John Normington
Duggie
Paul Shane
Alf
Neville Smith
Cyril
Bernard Wrigley
Vic
Anna Massey
Coffee Shop Owner
Stephanie Cole
Coffee Shop Customer
Sylvia Brayshay
Hospital Orderly
Vicky Ireland
2nd Hospital Orderly
Thora Hird
Mrs Beevers
Jeanne Doree
Old Iris
Frank Crompton
Mr Beevers
Lucita Lijertwood
Nurse
Sherrie Hewson
Iris
Charles Stewart
Director of Photography
Stephen Frears
Director / Producer
Tony Wharmby
Executive Producer
May Tapley
Costume Designer
Margaret Palphramand
Makeup Artist
Chris Sharp
Graphic Designer
George Fenton
Music
Details.
This Movie Is About.
blind date
racism
free time
Wiki.
Afternoon Off is a 1979 television play by Alan Bennett. Broadcast under the umbrella title Six Plays by Alan Bennett, it was produced for London Weekend Television and directed by Stephen Frears. The screenplay was published by Faber and Faber in 1984.