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Wish You Were Here

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Wish You Were Here
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R,1hr 32min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1987
Director:
David Leland
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Clare Clifford  ...more
Synopsis: The British Wish You Were Here served as the auspicious film debut for 16-year-old Emily Lloyd. The scene is a British seaside community of the 1950s, where the local adults are shocked and embarrassed by the libertine Lynda (Lloyd), who dresses provocatively, behaves outrageously, and swears like a sailor (her favorite epithet is "Up your bum"). Lynda's mother is dead, and her father has given up trying to do anything with her. She attempts to hold down several jobs, but messes them all up through ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Director David Leland's valentine to sexual candor is most notable for introducing the bright, unaffected young actress Emily Lloyd. Lloyd's uninhibited, motherless Lynda is coy and sprightly without ever resorting to hapless, sex-kitten posing. Despite the nature of the material -- the script was based on the adolescence of notorious English madam Cynthia Payne -- Leland never uses Lloyd as a mere ... Full Review
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Emily Lloyd
Lynda
Tom Bell
Eric
Clare Clifford
Mrs. Parfitt
Barbara Durkin
Valerie
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