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The Walking Stick is a British film of genre Drama directed by Eric Till released in USA on 15 april 1970 with David Hemmings
The Walking Stick (1970)
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Add to a movie listThe Walking Stick is a 1970 film based on the 1967 novel by Winston Graham. it was directed by Eric Till and starring David Hemmings and Samantha Eggar. "Cavatina" was used as the film's theme, eight years before the piece became famous as the theme for The Deer Hunter (1978).
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The film tells the story of a young woman, 26-year-old Deborah Dainton (Samantha Eggar), who has a limp as a result of suffering from polio. Her rigid and controlled life is transformed when she meets a handsome stranger called Leigh Hartley (David Hemmings) at a party. After developing a friendship, romance soon blossoms and for the very first time in her life Deborah feels happy.Actors
David Hemmings
(Leigh Hartley)
Samantha Eggar
(Deborah Dainton)
Emlyn Williams
(Jack Foil)
Phyllis Calvert
(Erica Dainton)
Ferdy Mayne
(Douglas Dainton)
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, 2h3Directed by Eric Till
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