Shirley Valentine poster
Director Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay Willy Russell

Shirley Valentine

Tagline: No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie.

Release Date: 1989-08-30

Duration: 108 minutes

Synopsis

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Casting

  • Tom Conti
    Costas Demitriadis
  • Joanna Lumley
    Marjorie Majors
  • Sylvia Syms
    Headmistress
  • Alison Steadman
    Jane
  • Pauline Collins
    Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
  • Julia McKenzie
    Gillian
  • Bernard Hill
    Joe Bradshaw
  • George Costigan
    Dougie
  • Gillian Kearney
    Young Shirley
  • Marc Zuber
    Renos