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Heavenly Pursuits
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Title: Heavenly Pursuits

Release Date: 11 Jul 1986

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Island, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), Film4 Productions

Production Companies: Island, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), Film4 Productions

Overview: Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis

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Average Vote: 7.2 (8 votes)

Cast

  • Vic Mathews: Tom Conti
  • Ruth Chancellor: Helen Mirren
  • Jeff Jeffries: David Hayman
  • Stevie Deans: Ewen Bremner
  • Father Cobb: Brian Pettifer
  • Sister: Jennifer Black
  • Headmaster: Dave Anderson
  • Woman Teacher: Juliet Cadzow
  • Big Man in Bar: Ron Donachie
  • Night Editor: Robert W. Carr
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