The Girl

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

6.8

156 min

Cast

Siobhan Flynn

as Hannah Boyle

Jonathan Cake

as Ned Ridley

Mark Benton

as Fred Loam

Susan Jameson

as Mrs. Daisy Loam

Jill Baker

as Anne Thornton

Emily Hamilton

as Margaret Thornton

Stuart Piper

as Young John

David Whealy

as Pearman

Director

David Wheatley