Secrets & Lies (1996)

2h 22min | Drama | May 24, 1996 | Released

A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.

Director: Mike Leigh

Producer: Simon Channing Williams

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Cast (56 Members)

Cynthia Rose Purley

Stuart

Woman with cat

Maurice Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Peter Wight

Father in family group

First Bride's Father

Man in suit

Glum woman

Jane

Woman with dog

Uneasy Man

Laughing Woman

Potential Suitor

Roxanne Purley

The Social Worker

Boxer

Fertile Mother

Paul

Men in suits

Grandmother

Monica Purley

Young mother

Groom

Dionne

Men in Suits

Little Boy's Mother

Best Man

Pin Up Housewife

Men in suits

Mother in family group

Vicar

First Bride

Second Bride

Hortense's Sister in Law

Hortense's Brother

Raunchy woman

Hortense's Brother

Nurse

Grinning Husband

Girl with scar

Daughter

Junior Optician

Fiance

Elderly Lady

Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Laughing man

Uneasy woman

Hortense's Nephew

Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Conjuror

Raunchy woman

Raunchy woman

Men in suits

Graduate

Fiancee

Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley

Ron Cook Stuart

Liz Smith Woman with cat

Timothy Spall Maurice Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch

Peter Wight Father in family group

Terence Harvey First Bride's Father

Phil Davis Man in suit

Wendy Nottingham Glum woman

Elizabeth Berrington Jane

Alison Steadman Woman with dog

Anthony O'Donnell Uneasy Man

Ruth Sheen Laughing Woman

Nitin Ganatra Potential Suitor

Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley

Lesley Manville The Social Worker

Gary McDonald Boxer

Sheila Kelley Fertile Mother

Lee Ross Paul

David Neilson Men in suits

Jean Ainslie Grandmother

Phyllis Logan Monica Purley

Frances Ruffelle Young mother

Joe Tucker Groom

Michele Austin Dionne

Stephen Churchett Men in Suits

Angela Curran Little Boy's Mother

Grant Masters Best Man

Linda Beckett Pin Up Housewife

Peter Waddington Men in suits

Annie Hayes Mother in family group

Richard Syms Vicar

Hannah Davis First Bride

Kate O'Malley Second Bride

Clare Perkins Hortense's Sister in Law

Trevor Laird Hortense's Brother

Su Elliott Raunchy woman

Brian Bovell Hortense's Brother

Lucy Sheen Nurse

Paul Trussell Grinning Husband

Emma Amos Girl with scar

Theresa Watson Daughter

Janice Acquah Junior Optician

Jonny Coyne Fiance

Margery Withers Elderly Lady

Keylee Jade Flanders Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Gordon Winter Laughing man

Denise Orita Uneasy woman

Elias Perkins McCook Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Metin Marlow Conjuror

Amanda Crossley Raunchy woman

Di Sherlock Raunchy woman

Peter Stockbridge Men in suits

Rachel Lewis Graduate

Mia Soteriou Fiancee

Crew (5 Members)

Jon Gregory

Editor

Simon Channing Williams

Producer

Dick Pope

Director of Photography

Mike Leigh

Director

Andrew Dickson

Original Music Composer

Jon Gregory Editor

Simon Channing Williams Producer

Dick Pope Director of Photography

Mike Leigh Director

Andrew Dickson Original Music Composer

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Secrets & Lies (1996)

2h 22min | Drama | May 24, 1996 | Released

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