Deadly Advice

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Deadly Advice
Directed by Mandie Fletcher
Screenplay by Glenn Chandler
Produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark
Starring Jane Horrocks
Brenda Fricker
Imelda Staunton
Cinematography Richard Greatrex
Edited byJohn Jarvis
Music by Richard Harvey
Production
companies
Zenith Productions
Mayfair Entertainment International
Distributed byCurzon Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 29 April 1994 (1994-04-29)(UK)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Deadly Advice is a 1994 British comedy drama film directed by Mandie Fletcher and starring Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker and Edward Woodward. [1] [2]

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Plot

The daughters of a domineering mother aspire to break free of her control and form romantic attachments.

Cast

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References

  1. "Deadly Advice (1994)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "Deadly Advice (1994) - Mandie Fletcher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" via www.allmovie.com.