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Misterioso

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DramaTV Movie

On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.

07-25-1991
1h 37m
Misterioso

Main Cast

Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with All Neat in Black Stockings and The Virgin Soldiers. He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in detective drama Wycliffe. His daughter Catherine Shepherd is also an actress.

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Sharon Duce

Sharon Duce

Sharon Duce is a British actress famous for her TV roles in series such as Big Deal, Growing Pains, Natural Lies and The Royle Family. She is married to the actor Dominic Guard and the couple has two children.

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Keith Marsh

Keith Marsh

Born 1926, Keith Marsh was an English actor, perhaps best known for his role as Jacko in 70s British sitcom Love Thy Neighbour.

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Margery Mason

Margery Mason

Margery Mason (September 27, 1913 – January 26, 2014) was an English actress and director. She was the artistic director of the Repertory Theatre in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Mason played Sarah Stevens, the mother in John Hopkins' four-play cycle Talking to a Stranger (1966). A family drama with four characters, the viewpoint of Sarah Stevens was depicted in the fourth play, The Innocent Must Suffer. Her film roles included Charlie Bubbles (1968), Clegg (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Made (1972), Hennessy (1975), the bullying teacher's wife in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), Terry on the Fence (1986), a game show contestant in Victoria Wood Presents (1989), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Love Actually (2003), and the lady who works the sweets trolley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She played "The Ancient Booer" in the 1987 film The Princess Bride. Her television roles include appearances on Midsomer Murders, Peak Practice and Juliet Bravo (1982) (Series 1, Ep. 8). She played Mrs Porter in the Granada TV series A Family at War during 1970–71

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Gawn Grainger

Gawn Grainger

Gawn Grainger is a Scottish actor. He has been married to Zoë Wanamaker since November 1994. He was previously married to Janet Key and Janet McIntire.

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Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
John Glenister
Writer:
Alan Plater

Locations and Languages

Country:
GB
Languages:
en