Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent
1992Drama86 mins
★★★★★

Plot

In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.

  • Margaret Tait

    Director

  • Margaret Tait

    Writer

  • Alex Scott

    Director of Photography

  • John MacDonnell

    Editor

  • Celia Imrie

    Barbara Thorburn

  • Jack Shepherd

    Philip Lomax

  • James Fleet

    Jim Thorburn

  • Gerda Stevenson

    Greta Thorburn

  • Sean Scanlan

    Andrew Cunningham

  • Hilary Maclean

    Wendy

  • Walter Leask

    Sam Kelday

  • Sheana Marr

    Mrs. Kemp

  • Eoin MacDonald

    Dan of Fea

  • Jimmy Moar

    Billy Spence

  • Liz Robertson

    Mary Kelday

  • Bobby Bews

    Grandfather Bews

  • Keith Hutcheon

    Roger

  • Mairi Wallace

    Shoe Salesgirl

  • Pamela Kelly

    Mrs. Brodie

  • Joan Alcorn

    Mrs. Kilgour

  • Lisa Grindall

    Joan Kilgour

  • Gowan Calder

    Eileen

  • Katie Groat

    Barbara Thornton (Young)

  • James Holmes

    Fergus

  • Sean Holmes

    Tom

  • Elsa Davidson

    Young Greta

  • Thomas Pirie

    Donald

  • Bill Jack

    Newsreader

  • Douglas Sutherland

    Art Critic

  • Erlend Tait

    Boatman

  • Peter Tait

    Boatman

  • Norman Campbell Rees

    Pedestrian (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    86 minutes

    Released

    1992-01-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Viz Permanent

    Channel 4 Television

    BFI

    The Scottish Film Production Fund

    Orkney Islands Council

    City of Edinburgh District Council

    Grampian Television

    British Screen Finance Ltd

    Sound

  • John Gray

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    21 days ago

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