Destiny
1978, English. Directed by Mike Newell.
A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election, and later discovers that it's financed by the corporation that has dispossessed him of his business.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Mike NewellDirector
- Colin JeavonsDennis Turner
- Iain CuthbertsonRichard Cleaver
- Saeed JaffreyGurjeet Singh Khera
- Nigel HawthorneMajor Lewis Rolfe
- Paul CopleyPaul McShane
- Peter JeffreyFrank Kershaw
- Gabrielle LloydSandy Clifton
- David RobbPeter Crosby
- Alan LakeMonty Goodman
- John PriceBob Clifton
- Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Howard
- Annie HayesLiz
Details
- Released
- 31 January 1978
- Written by
- David Edgar
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Destiny runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Who directed Destiny?
Destiny (1978) was directed by Mike Newell and stars Colin Jeavons, Iain Cuthbertson, Saeed Jaffrey.