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Absent Without Leave

02/20/1993

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1hr 44min

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Romance

,Drama

,War

A True Story of Love, Conscience and Duty

STORY

In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Craig McLachlan
  • Katrina Hobbs
  • Tony Barry
  • Judie Douglass
  • Ken Blackburn

    Director

  • John Laing

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • New Zealand Film Commission
  • Meridian Films

    Production Countries

  • New Zealand

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Craig McLachlan

James Edwards

Katrina Hobbs

Daisy Edwards

Tony Barry

Peter

Judie Douglass

Ella

Ken Blackburn

C.O.

Tony Burton

Constable

Francis Bell

Paddy

Robyn Malcolm

Betty

David Copeland

Claude

Desmond Kelly

Daisy's Father

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