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Vera Drake

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What we're watching • Drama, History, R, 06-Sep-2004

Mike Leigh’s acclaimed story of a selfless woman who helps ladies with unwanted pregnancies – in 1950s Britain when abortion was illegal – is both an affecting drama and vital slice of social history.

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Abortion
Cast
Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Philip Davis Stan Drake
Peter Wight Detective Inspector Webster
Alex Kelly Ethel Drake
Daniel Mays Sid Drake
Eddie Marsan Reg
Ruth Sheen Lily
Sally Hawkins Susan Wells
Crew
Mike Leigh director

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