A Dedicated Man
7.5
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes distraught when she learns that Maurice has been offered a more prestigious job at a luxury hotel. Maurice explains to Edith that he can only take the position if he is married. Unaware Edith's crush, Maurice proposes. She accepts and they set up a household for business purposes only -- complete with a photograph of a make-believe son. As Edith continues to live with this charade, her obsession with Maurice and the "son" grows, leading to a shocking and disturbing outcome!
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Cast
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Joan Plowright
Edith
Known for
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Alec McCowen
Silcox
Known for
Gangs of New York
Frenzy
Roy Roberts
Robert Knights
Elizabeth Taylor
Marc Wilkinson
Also in
Honeycrisp
G.B.F.
Marged Esli
Carrie
Also in
His Dark Materials
Fallen Hero
Hugh Whitemore
Ken Morgan
Maria Mescki
Doreen
Known for
Prime Suspect
Aimée Delamain
Miss Bird
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Santa Claus: The Movie
Peter Martin
Reg
Known for
Emmerdale
The Royle Family
Robert Knights Director · Hugh Whitemore Writer Elizabeth Taylor Author
United States release January 1, 1987
Production
Granada Television
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 31, 1982
TV
United States · January 1, 1987
Physical
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