DramaRomance

The Raging Moon

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.

Release Date : 1971-01-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : EMI Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Long Ago, Tomorrow

Cast

Character Name : Bruce Pritchard

Original Name : Malcolm McDowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jill Matthews

Original Name : Nanette Newman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sarah Charles

Original Name : Georgia Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Bob

Original Name : Bernard Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Charles

Original Name : Barry Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gladys

Original Name : Theresa Watson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rev. Corbett

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clarence Marlow

Original Name : Michael Flanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matron

Original Name : Margery Mason

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harold

Original Name : Geoffrey Whitehead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terry

Original Name : Christopher Chittell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bruce's Father

Original Name : Jack Woolgar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr Matthews

Original Name : Norman Bird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Matthews

Original Name : Constance Chapman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Geoffrey

Original Name : Michael Lees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Latbury

Original Name : Geoffrey Bayldon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bruce's Mother

Original Name : Patsy Smart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gladys

Original Name : Theresa Walton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celia

Original Name : Sylvia Coleridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hugh Collins

Original Name : Brook Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arnold Foster

Original Name : Richard Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : George

Original Name : George Hilsdon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margaret

Original Name : Nellie Hanham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice

Original Name : Aimée Delamain

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gladys' Mother

Original Name : Anne Dyson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gladys' Father

Original Name : Norman Tyrrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Nurse

Original Name : Jenny Logan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : Elsie Wagstaff

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Petra Markham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Female Trustee

Original Name : Jacqueline Maude

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs Hetherington

Original Name : Winifride Shelley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fete Guest

Original Name : John Savident

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Thomas

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trainer

Original Name : Wilfred Boyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edna

Original Name : Jackie Agrique

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Paul Darrow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Singer

Original Name : Lee Carter

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-25

I can't say that I am really a fan of Malcolm McDowell. He always seems to play an angst-ridden "victim" of something, and here is no different. He ("Bruce") suffers a debilitating injury whilst playing football, and is now wheelchair bound. His working class family have no idea how to care for him (nor much interest, either) so he is shipped off to a care home, ostensibly, for more specialist care. Depressed and dejected, he meets "Jill" (Nanette Newman). She is also confined to a chair, and engaged to a fiancée who is loyal but increasingly full of little love - or lust, just pity. As the two start to bond, they discover a rebellious nature and a sense of optimism which lifts both of their spirits. That's about the height of the story, it is simple and straightforward with little effort made to fill the plot with faux scenarios. The supporting cast - Bernard Lee and Georgia Brown amongst them, offer us honest and plausible characterisations as those around them must also do some adjusting of their own. It has a sadness, a relentlessness to it, which is complimented well by the steady pace of the film and an effective score from Stanley Myers - both of which allow McDowell to offer up one of his better, more considered and empathetic performances. Newman is adequate. I found she always had a slightly soporific tone to her voice which I never really liked and which sometimes rendered her conversations about more serious matters (here it is sex and longing) hard to absorb. There are no rose-coloured cottages for people here, as the ending demonstrates - and that, too, adds a degree of authenticity to this story that is curiously depressing yet uplifting at the same time.