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Summary

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

Cast

Judi Dench

Joan Elizabeth Stanley

Sophie Cookson

Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley

Tom Hughes

Leo Galich

Tereza Srbova

Sonya Galich

Stephen Campbell Moore

Max

Ben Miles

Nick

Nina Sosanya

Ms. Hart

Laurence Spellman

Mr Adams

Nicola Sloane

Joan's Neighbor

Freddie Gaminara

William

Raj Swamy

Kharak

Adrian Wheeler

Heckler

Lulu Meissner

Waitress

Phill Langhorne

Uniformed Policeman

Mike Sykes

Security Guard

Ed Birch

Donald

Debbie Chazen

Karen

Robin Soans

Clement Attlee

Raymond Coulthard

James Chadwick

Simon Ludders

Naval Captain

Stuart Milligan

Taylor Scott

Stephen Boxer

Peter Kierl

Lily Delderfield

Katya

Jessica Delderfield

Katya

Ciarán Owens

Detective Hughes

Kevin Fuller

Detective Phillips

Hasan Dixon

Police Constable

Richard Teverson

Detective Watson

Steven Hillman

Prison Guard

Irfan Shamji

Journalist

Crew

Director

Trevor Nunn

Novel

Jennie Rooney

Screenplay

Lindsay Shapero

Reviews

Geronimo1967

May 29, 2024

6

It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy pickings for the KGB recruiters; but otherwise this film is a little empty.