Secrets & Lies (1996) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Mike Leigh.

Cast

• Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia Rose Purley
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch
• Timothy Spall as Maurice Purley
• Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley
• Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne Purley
• Lee Ross as Paul
• Lesley Manville as The Social Worker
• Elizabeth Berrington as Jane
• Michele Austin as Dionne
• Ron Cook as Stuart
• Trevor Laird as Hortense's Brother
• Brian Bovell as Hortense's Brother
• Emma Amos as Girl with Scar
• Clare Perkins as Hortense's Sister in Law
• Elias Perkins McCook as Hortense's Nephew
• Jane Mitchell as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
• Janice Acquah as Junior Optician
• Keylee Jade Flanders as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
• Hannah Davis as First Bride
• Terence Harvey as First Bride's Father
• Kate O'Malley as Second Bride
• Joe Tucker as Groom
• Richard Syms as Vicar
• Grant Masters as Best Man
• Annie Hayes as Mother in Family Group
• Jean Ainslie as Grandmother
• Lucy Sheen as Nurse
• Frances Ruffelle as Young Mother
• Nitin Ganatra as Potential Suitor
• Metin Marlow as Conjuror
• Su Elliot as Raunchy Woman
• Amanda Crossley as Raunchy Woman
• Di Sherlock as Raunchy Woman
• David Neilson as Man in Suit
• Peter Waddington as Man in Suit
• Peter Stockbridge as Man in Suit
• Rachel Lewis as Graduate
• Paul Trussell as Grinning Husband
• Jonny Coyne as Fiance
• Denise Orita as Uneasy Woman

Crew

• Mike Leigh — Director
• Simon Channing Williams — Producer
• Dick Pope — Director of Photography
• Mike Leigh — Writer
• Andrew Dickson — Original Music Composer

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