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MOVIE • 1998

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

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Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.

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Top Cast

Sue Johnston

Pat Phoenix

Denise Black

Young Pat Phoenix

Tony Scannell

Tony Booth

Keith Newby

Young Tony Booth

Ian Lindsay

Keith Pollitt

Pauline Whitaker

Pauline Pollitt

John Middleton

Tony Warren

Sidney Livingstone

Albert

Lorraine Peters

Velvey

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Mark Chatterton

DHSS Investigator

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Trevor Green

Newsreader

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Ian Kershaw

ASM

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Vanessa Knox-Mawer

Make-Up Artist

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Peter Lorenzelli

Director

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Theatrical release date: August 30, 1998

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Status

Released

Release

August 30, 1998

Runtime

80 min

Language

English

Origin

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