Project Detail

The Round Tower

Synopsis

Set in the late 1950's and early '60s The Round Tower is the story of convent-school educated Vanessa Ratcliffe, rough diamond Angus Cotton, and the events which draw the unlikely pair together. Angus, a supervisor at the engineering works run by Vanessa's father, is blamed when scandal threatens the wealthy Ratcliffe family. The situation kick starts his own ambitious plans for the future, a future which unexpectedly comes to include Vanessa.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Features
Running time: 180 mins
Format: 16mm, Digi Beta SP Fuji
Director: Alan Grint
Producer: Keith Richardson
Executive Producer: Keith Richardson
Director of Photography: Robin Vidgeon BSC
Principal cast: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Keith Barron and Jan Harvey
Screen Writer: T. R. Bowen

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Festival Film & Television Ltd Festival House Tranquil Passage Blackheath London SE3 OBJ Tel: 020 8297 9999 Fax: 020 8297 1155

Sales Company

Brite TV The London TV Centre Upper Ground London SE1 9LT Tel: 020 7737 8323 Fax: 020 7928 8470

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