The Corn Is Green 1979

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The Corn Is Green ★★★ 1979

Excellent TV adaptation of the Emlyn Willimas play has Hepburn as dedicated teacher Lilly Moffat, determined to bring education to a small Welsh mining village. She finds and mentors a student she believes can escape the mines with the power of his intellect. Cukor overcomes the limitations of television in his last collaboration with Hepburn. 93m/C VHS, DVD . Katharine Hepburn, Bill Fraser, Anna Massey, Patricia Hayes, Dorothy Phillips; D: George Cukor; W: Ivan Davis; M: John Barry. TV

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