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1969

I Can't... I Can't...

Directed by Piers Haggard
Her Doctor Knows! Her Priest Knows! Why Can't She Tell Her Husband?

The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries and dies on her wedding day. The young woman, one of seven children, blames her father’s lust for the death. When her own wedding night arrives she is terrified and refuses to consummate the marriage with her husband. Her parish priest forbids her to accept her doctor’s suggestion that she should use contraception and she is driven to desperate measures.

Duration

1h 39m

Released

November 1, 1969

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Cast7

  • Tessa Wyatt
  • Dennis Waterman
  • Alexandra Bastedo
  • Eddie Byrne
  • Martin Dempsey
  • Marie O'Donnell
  • Pat Laffan

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