Mr. Turner

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Mr. Turner

2014

2h 30m

6.5(534 votes)

History

Drama

Overview

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

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Cast & Crew

73 members

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Timothy Spall

JMW Turner

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Dorothy Atkinson

Hannah Danby

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Marion Bailey

Sophia Booth

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Paul Jesson

William Turner Snr

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Lesley Manville

Mary Somerville

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Martin Savage

Benjamin Robert Haydon

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Ruth Sheen

Sarah Danby

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David Horovitch

Dr Price

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Karl Johnson

Mr. Booth

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Peter Wight

Joseph Gillot

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Joshua McGuire

John Ruskin

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Stuart McQuarrie

Ruskin's Father

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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Ruskin's Mother

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Leo Bill

JE Mayall

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Kate O'Flynn

Prostitute

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Sinead Matthews

Queen Victoria

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Karina Fernandez

Miss Coggins

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Richard Bremmer

George Jones

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Mark Stanley

Clarkson Stanfield

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Jamie Thomas King

David Roberts

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Tom Wlaschiha

Prince Albert

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Patrick Godfrey

Lord Egremont

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Niall Buggy

John Carew

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Fred Pearson

Sir William Beechey

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Tom Edden

CR Leslie

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Clive Francis

Sir Martin Archer Shee

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Robert Portal

Sir Charles Eastlake

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James Fleet

John Constable

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Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Henry William Pickersgill

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Simon Chandler

Sir Augustus Wall Callcott

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Edward de Souza

Thomas Stothard

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Oliver Maltman

Theatre Actor

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Sam Kelly

Theatre Actor

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Sandy Foster

Evelina

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Amy Dawson

Georgiana

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Alice Bailey Johnson

Young Lady Singer

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Alice Orr-Ewing

Second Young Lady

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Veronica Roberts

Lady Stuckley

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Richard Dixon

Mr Manners

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Michael Keane

Clergyman

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James Norton

Clarinettist

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David Ryall

Footman

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Nicola Sloane

Brothel Keeper

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Eleanor Yates

Ruskin's Wife

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Fenella Woolgar

Lady Eastlake

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Richard Cordery

Dinner Guest

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James Dryden

Cornelius

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Marcello Magni

Colourman

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Mark Wingett

Mariner

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Ruby Bentall

Unhappy Couple

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Lee Ingleby

Unhappy Couple

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Pearl Chanda

Theatre Actor

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Ned Derrington

Theatre Actor

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Phil Elstob

Theatre Actor

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Peter Hannah

Theatre Actor

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Francesca Zoutewelle

Theatre Actor

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Billy Holland

Boy Actor

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Michael Culkin

Gentleman Critic

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Vincent Franklin

Gentleman Critic

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Nicholas Woodeson

Gentleman Critic

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Elizabeth Berrington

Lady Critics

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Eileen Davies

Lady Critics

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Bob Goody

Gallery Visitor

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Terrence Hardiman

Gallery Visitor

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Theresa Watson

Gallery Visitor

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Judi Scott

Neighbour

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Angela Curran

Neighbour

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Amanda Lawrence

Hannah's Friend

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Judith Amsenga

Dutch Lady

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Helen Cooper

Dutch Lady

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Stuart Matthews

Market Trader (uncredited)

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Nicholas Jones

Sir John Soane

Directing

Robert J. Fraser

Art Student (uncredited)

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