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The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown

19640.0 / 1070 min
Drama, Music, TV Movie

Overview

A delightful Christmas musical about a young Jamaican woman who flees her humdrum Liverpool lodgings in search of her glamorous London cousin. Broadcast live on 28 December 1964, this rare TV musical is one of few to have survived from the 1960s. A tale of Afro-Caribbean immigration, the show is unusual for its time in that it doesn't labour the issues around racial tensions in Britain, but simply celebrates Christmas and family.

Cast

Millie Small

Millie Small

Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch

Ron Moody

Ron Moody

Kenny Lynch

Kenny Lynch

Bryan Mosley

Bryan Mosley

Crew

John Jacobs

John Jacobs

Director

Robert Gould

Robert Gould

Writer