The Holly and the Ivy
A LOVE STORY OF RARE QUALITY flavored with delightful characterizations and priceless humor.
A warmly observed Christmas family drama that balances gentle humor with the tender reckoning of a father's neglect and his children's need for connection.
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Essence
Ensemble
Ralph Richardson
Reverend Martin Gregory
Celia Johnson
Jenny Gregory
Margaret Leighton
Margaret Gregory
Denholm Elliott
Michael Gregory
John Gregson
David Paterson
Hugh Williams
Richard Wyndham
Margaret Halstan
Aunt Lydia
Maureen Delaney
Aunt Bridget
William Hartnell
Company Sergeant Major
Robert Flemyng
Major
Roland Culver
Lord B.
John Barry
Clubman
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