
Gas and Candles
Comedy · TV Movie
Overview
Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
Top Cast


Edna Doré
Edna Doré
Betty
Edna Doré
Betty
Bert Parnaby
Bert Parnaby
Bill
Bert Parnaby
Bill


Leslie Sands
Leslie Sands
Tom
Leslie Sands
Tom


Simon Oates
Simon Oates
Politician
Simon Oates
Politician
Richard Braine
Richard Braine
Journalist
Richard Braine
Journalist
Rod Culbertson
Rod Culbertson
Superintendent Benson
Rod Culbertson
Superintendent Benson


Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones
Constable Davis
Mark Lewis Jones
Constable Davis
Kenneth Bryans
Kenneth Bryans
Assassin
Kenneth Bryans
Assassin
Freddie Earlle
Freddie Earlle
Bus Driver
Freddie Earlle
Bus Driver
Patricia Kane
Patricia Kane
Mrs Betchley
Patricia Kane
Mrs Betchley
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