Shirley Valentine (1989)

No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie.

Movie · Romance, Comedy · 1h 48m · Rated 6.3/10 on TMDB · Released August 30, 1989

Overview

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert

Cast

• Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
• Tom Conti as Costas Demitriadis
• Julia McKenzie as Gillian
• Alison Steadman as Jane
• Joanna Lumley as Marjorie Majors
• Sylvia Syms as Headmistress
• Bernard Hill as Joe Bradshaw
• George Costigan as Dougie
• Anna Keaveney as Jeanette
• Tracie Bennett as Millandra
• Ken Sharrock as Sydney
• Karen Craig as Thelma

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