The Old Devils (1992)
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
- Released
- 1992-03-16
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tristram Powell
Cast
- John Stride as Alun Weaver
- Sheila Allen as Rhiannon Weaver
- Ray Smith as Charlie Norris
- Elizabeth Morgan as Sophie Norris
- James Grout as Peter Thomas
- Anne Stallybrass as Muriel Thomas
- Bernard Hepton as Malcolm Cellan-Davies
- Anna Cropper as Gwen Cellan-Davies
- Elizabeth Spriggs as Dorothy Morgan
- Gerald James as Percy Morgan
- Desmond Barrit as Tarquin Jones
- Howell Evans as Gareth Pumphrey