DVD 103 min. IMDB 7.2

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Drama

Judi Dench	Mrs. Laura Henderson
Bob Hoskins	Vivian Van Damm
Will Young	Bertie
Christopher Guest	Lord Cromer
Kelly Reilly	Maureen
Thelma Barlow	Lady Conway
Anna Brewster	Doris
Rosalind Halstead	Frances
Sarah Solemani	Vera
Natalia Tena	Peggy

Regisseur	Stephen Frears
Producent	Norma Heyman
Schrijver	David Rose; Kathy Rose

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson is at a bit of a loose end in inter-war London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it, despite the fact the two don't seem to get on at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres copy it and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that the Lord Chamberlain, who licenses live shows in Britain, is likely to have something to say about this. Luckily Mrs Henderson is friends with him.