The Hired Man (2019)
Cumbria, 1898. Whippet racing, hiring fairs, hunting and drunken antics collide, in this passionate story of John and Emily, a young married couple, and their moving struggle to carve a living from the land. An epic and heroic tale of love, betrayal, and loyalty, set against a backdrop of English country traditions being swept away as a new century faces the gathering storm of war… Based on the stirring novel by Melvyn Bragg, with a superb score of rousing foot-stomping rhythms and soaring choruses by Howard Goodall, the award-winning composer of West End hits Bend It Like Beckham and Love Story.
- Released
- 2019-04-27
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
Cast
- Jon Bonner as Pennington / Blacklock / The Recruiting Officer / The Vicar
- Lloyd Gorman as Jackson
- Oliver Hembrough as John
- TJ Holmes as Seth
- Lucy Keirl as Sally
- Lara Lewis as May
- Sufia Manya as The Landlady
- Samuel Martin as Isaac
- Lauryn Redding as Emily
- Tom Self as The Union Chairman / Show MD
- James William-Pattison as Harry / Joe Sharp