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Blue Black Permanent

5.5 86 mins Drama   1992
Viz Permanent   Channel 4 Television   BFI   The Scottish Film Production Fund   Orkney Islands Council   City of Edinburgh District Council   Grampian Television   British Screen Finance Ltd  
Director(s): Margaret Tait

Release Date: 01 Wed, Jan 1992

In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.

Casts of Blue Black Permanent

Celia Imrie

as Barbara Thorburn

Jack Shepherd

as Philip Lomax

James Fleet

as Jim Thorburn

Gerda Stevenson

as Greta Thorburn

Sean Scanlan

as Andrew Cunningham

Hilary Maclean

as Wendy

Walter Leask

as Sam Kelday

Sheana Marr

as Mrs. Kemp

Eoin MacDonald

as Dan of Fea

Jimmy Moar

as Billy Spence

Liz Robertson

as Mary Kelday

Bobby Bews

as Grandfather Bews

Keith Hutcheon

as Roger

Mairi Wallace

as Shoe Salesgirl

Pamela Kelly

as Mrs. Brodie

Joan Alcorn

as Mrs. Kilgour

Lisa Grindall

as Joan Kilgour

Gowan Calder

as Eileen

Katie Groat

as Barbara Thornton (Young)

James Holmes

as Fergus

Sean Holmes

as Tom

Elsa Davidson

as Young Greta

Thomas Pirie

as Donald

Bill Jack

as Newsreader

Douglas Sutherland

as Art Critic

Erlend Tait

as Boatman

Peter Tait

as Boatman

Norman Campbell Rees

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

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