Michael Gambon in a TV movie about cow obsession? Bizarre British brilliance awaits.
Geraldine, a psychiatric social worker, has an accident whilst in the country. The inhabitants of a nearby house come out to help her and she discovers that one of the family members prefers cows to people.
Acting
Young Michael Gambon simmers with repressed agricultural passion.
Direction
John Gorrie wrings maximum unease from 65 pastoral minutes.
Director
John Gorrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was an installment of BBC's 'Thirty-Minute Theatre' anthology series, explaining the compressed runtime and feverish intensity.
1972 British television was obsessed with rural-urban tension and 'proper' behavior collapsing — this sits perfectly between Pinter and Play for Today.
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