
Love and Death on Long Island
Drama · Romance
Overview
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
Top Cast


John Hurt
John Hurt
Giles De'Ath
John Hurt
Giles De'Ath


Jason Priestley
Jason Priestley
Ronnie Bostock
Jason Priestley
Ronnie Bostock


Fiona Loewi
Fiona Loewi
Audrey
Fiona Loewi
Audrey


Sheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock
Mrs. Barker
Sheila Hancock
Mrs. Barker


Harvey Atkin
Harvey Atkin
Lou
Harvey Atkin
Lou


Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin
Irving Buckmuller
Maury Chaykin
Irving Buckmuller


Gawn Grainger
Gawn Grainger
Henry
Gawn Grainger
Henry
Elizabeth Quinn
Elizabeth Quinn
Mrs. Reed
Elizabeth Quinn
Mrs. Reed
Linda Busby
Linda Busby
Mrs. Abbott
Linda Busby
Mrs. Abbott
Bill Leadbitter
Bill Leadbitter
Eldridge
Bill Leadbitter
Eldridge
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