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The Best Years of Your Life

The Best Years of Your Life

1986TV Movie⏱️ 50m
Drama
7.3
IMDB Rating
13 votes

A promising 17 year old apprentice footballer is diagnosed with cancer. Initially he lies to his friends, team-mates and himself about his illness and pretends that his condition is not serious. After an operation fails to remove ...

Director
Adrian Shergold
Writers
N/A
Stars
Lee Whitlock, Steve Fletcher, Alan Ford
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Lee Whitlock
Lee Whitlock
as Robert Clark
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Steve Fletcher
as Mark Clark
Alan Ford
Alan Ford
as Father
David Horovitch
David Horovitch
as Consultant
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Elaine Lordan
as Nurse
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Julie Sullivan
as Mrs. Hurst
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Reginald Stewart
as Reg
Kathy Burke
Kathy Burke
as Paula
Zoë Nathenson
Zoë Nathenson
as Linda
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Adam French
as Footballer

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color

🏷️ Keywords

cancerterminal illnessdying youngdeath of brotherbrother brother relationship

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Lee Whitlock
by jeuk2006-08-11
6/10

"I think Lee Whitlock played the part of the young footballer, who'd been diagnosed with cancer. Steve Fletcher played the older brother! Lee Whitlock who played the part of Harvey Moon's son in the original TV series.The screenplay was written by a young boy, who himself was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and was a keen supporter of Chelsea F.C. When this film was first shown on TV in the UK it was introduced by the young man himself. It received much publicity at the time but never reached more than a marginal audience.It would be worthwhile to see this film again just to re-cap..."

💡 Did You Know?

Clive Jermain, the writer of this film, died of cancer aged 22.

📖 Synopsis

A promising 17 year old apprentice footballer is diagnosed with cancer. Initially he lies to his friends, team-mates and himself about his illness and pretends that his condition is not serious. After an operation fails to remove ...