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Unmarried ex-army vicar Reverend Howard Phillips, newly arrived in the parish, attempts to get local 19-year-old thug and petty criminal Larry Thompson to face up to his responsibilities to Mary Williams, the naive young girl he has made pregnant.
Serious Charge: Directed by Terence Young. With Anthony Quayle, Sarah Churchill, Andrew Ray, Irene Browne. A vicar falsely accused of assaulting a youth attempts to prove his innocence and save his reputation.
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- Drama
- Terence Young
- 1960
Serious Charge (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Summaries. A vicar falsely accused of assaulting a youth attempts to prove his innocence and save his reputation. Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested.
Serious Charge is a 1959 feature from director Terence Young that was shot in the new town of Stevenage, doubling as the fictional town of Bellington. The plot sees the residents of the town welcome its new vicar (Anthony Quayle) with open arms until a young delinquent (Andrew Ray, the little boy from The Yellow Balloon all grown up) spreads ...
- Terence Young
Wayward teens and malicious accusations spell disaster for a young vicar. Released two years before Victim, following a slight relaxation in censorship rules, Serious Charge was the first British feature with an (obliquely) homosexual theme.
A punk (Andrew Ray) commits murder and accuses the new minister (Anthony Quayle) in town of the crime.
- Drama
