All Creatures Great and Small (1974)
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This feature-length dramatization of James Herriot's best-seller was issued by EMI as a big-screen theatrical release in England, but debuted on NBC as a telemovie in the United States, February 4, 1975. It stars Simon Ward as Herriot in his early days as a veterinarian. The story picks up in 1937, with Herriot's first assignment as assistant to eccentric Yorkshire vet Siegfried Farnon (Anthony Hopkins). The film's highlight is the strenuous delivery of a newborn colt; its most poignant moment is the mercy killing of a seriously ill dog. In between "cases," Herriot courts pretty farmer's daughter Helen (Lisa Farrow). The film eventually spawned a television series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins - Siegfried Farnon
- Lisa Harrow - Helen Alderson
- Brenda Bruce - Miss Harbottle
- John Collin - Alderson
- Peter Davison
- Harold Goodwin - Uncle
- Doreen Mantle
- John Nettleton
- Bert Palmer - Mr. Dean
- Jenny Runacre - Pamela
- Simon Ward - James Herriot
- Brian Stirner - Tristan Farnon
- Christine Buckley - Mrs. Hall
- Jane Collins - Connie
- Glynne Geldart - Joyce
- Freddie Jones - Cranford
- T.P. McKenna - Soames
- Daphne Oxenford
- John Rees
- Director(s):
- Claude Whatham
- Writer(s):
- Hugh Whitemore
- Producer(s):
- Duane Bogle, David Susskind
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