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It's never too late for an encore. - The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
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Title: The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Release Date: 26 Aug 2000

Runtime: 1h 24m

Genre: Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Director: HBO Films, BBC, Universal Television, Working Title Films

Production Companies: HBO Films, BBC, Universal Television, Working Title Films

Overview: After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (16 votes)

Cast

  • Elizabeth: Judi Dench
  • Patrick: Ian Holm
  • Betty: Joan Sims
  • Annie: June Whitfield
  • Dinah: Olympia Dukakis
  • Evelyn: Billie Whitelaw
  • Madeleine: Leslie Caron
  • Gwen: Cleo Laine
  • Young Elizabeth: Romola Garai
  • McNab: James Cosmo
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