The Black Velvet Gown (TV)
- Original title
- The Black Velvet Gown
- Year
- 1991
- Running time
- 103 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Gordon Hann. Novel: Catherine Cookson
- Cast
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- Bob Peck
- Janet McTeer
- Geraldine Somerville
- Brendan P. Healy
- Jean Anderson
- Christopher Benjamin
- Wendy Williams
- David Hunt
- Aran Bell
- Jonathan Firth
- Louise Lombard
- Madeleine Moffat
- Val McLane
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | TV Movie. 19th Century
- Synopsis
- In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
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