Claws (1987)
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit, and the power struggles between them. Sukey is a beautiful Albanian Brown kitten, the sort that anyone would fall in love with. Sylvia Mortimer does – and so enters into the blue-rinsed world of pedigree cat-breeding, where competition is cut-throat and corruption knows no bounds.
Director: Mike Vardy
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Brenda Blethyn as Sylvia |
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Simon Jones as Eric |
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Muriel Pavlow as Miss Dewhurst |
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Mary Morris as Miss Browning-Browning |
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Dominic Jephcott as Alisdair |
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Gerard Logan as Nigel |
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Rosalind Knight as Mrs Hargreaves |
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Doreen Mantle as Mrs Venables |
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Susan Edmonstone as Miss Baxter |
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Cherith Mellor as Miss Faversham |
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Anthony Collin as Harold James |
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Doremy Vernon as Lady Breeder |
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Eileen Helsby as Mrs Lavenham |
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Eirene Beck as Mrs Edgworth |
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Rita Davies as Mrs Morris |
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Joan Newell as Mrs Jordan |
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Patsy Smart as Mrs Truforth |
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Arnold Peters as Mr Hargreaves |
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David Gooderson as Lecturer |
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Heather Ramsey as Vet |
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Brian Vaughan as Gentleman Breeder |
| Directing | Mike Vardy | Director |
| Writing | Stephen Wyatt | Writer |
| Production | Vee Openshaw-Taylor | Production Manager |
| Production | Simon Lewis | Production Manager |
| Production | Cecilia Coleshaw | Production Assistant |
| Art | Mina Martinez | Graphic Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joyce Mortlock | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzan Broad | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Malcolm Campbell | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Paul Binns | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael Horwood | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | John Du Prez | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Alan Drury | Script Editor |
| Production | Liz Small | Associate Producer |
| Art | Tony Burrough | Production Design |
| Editing | Julian Miller | Editor |
| Camera | Nigel Walters | Director of Photography |