Winter Flight (aka The Big Surprise) |
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Last Update: 30 October 2000 (You need a browser capable of viewing tables to see this page properly) |
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Winter Flight is a gentle story told against a harsh military background. Mal Stanton, a new recruit to the RAF, is a studious young man, thoroughly involved with his duties at a Strike Force base. But then he meets Angie, a young barmaid, and is immediately attracted to her. Angie is drawn to Mal's gentle innocence, so different from the rough bullying she knows from the bar. When they have been dating only a short time, Angie confesses to Mal that she is pregnant and does not even know the father's name. |
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Mal, enjoying the manly reputation that Angie's pregnancy has given him among the soldiers, asks the reluctant Angie to marry him. Angie agrees to marry him, but only if they wait until the baby is born as she may yet give up the baby for adoption. Mal sets out to prove his love to Angie, vowing that no one will know the baby is not truly his. Or will they? Winter Flight was shot on location in the spring of 1984 at airfields in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire (the Duxford RAF Museum). It was produced by David Putnam, known for such films as Local Hero and The Killing Fields, and directed by Roy Battersby. A tender story of first love, a heartwarming tale of youthful maturity, of passion and compassion - Winter Flight is all these and more. |
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: Sean Bean ......... Hooker Tim Bentinck ...... Jack Nicola Cowper ..... Angie Reece Dinsdale .... Mal Beverley Hewitt ... Lara Michael Hughes .... Les Gary Olsen ........ Dave Michael Percival Shelagh Stephenson. Kel Anthony Trent ..... Sgt. Bouyer |
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PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by.......................Robert Douet |
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