

It's never too late for an encore.
August 26, 2000
1h 24m
EN
Gillies MacKinnon
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.

Judi Dench
Elizabeth

Ian Holm
Patrick

Joan Sims
Betty

June Whitfield


Alan Plater
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Annie

Olympia Dukakis
Dinah

Billie Whitelaw
Evelyn

Leslie Caron
Madeleine

Cleo Laine
Gwen

Romola Garai
Young Elizabeth

James Cosmo
McNab

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US

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GB

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US

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GB