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# Educating Rita (1983): cast and crew

28 cast and 8 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Michael Caine](https://film.one/person/michael-caine.md) as Dr. Frank Bryant
- [Julie Walters](https://film.one/person/julie-walters.md) as Rita Susan White
- [Michael Williams](https://film.one/person/michael-williams-138411.md) as Brian
- [Maureen Lipman](https://film.one/person/maureen-lipman.md) as Trish
- [Jeananne Crowley](https://film.one/person/jeananne-crowley.md) as Julia
- [Malcolm Douglas](https://film.one/person/malcolm-douglas.md) as Denny
- [Godfrey Quigley](https://film.one/person/godfrey-quigley.md) as Rita's Father
- [Dearbhla Molloy](https://film.one/person/dearbhla-molloy.md) as Elaine
- [Kim Fortune](https://film.one/person/kim-fortune.md) as Collins
- [Pat Daly](https://film.one/person/pat-daly.md) as Bursar
- [Philip Hurd-Wood](https://film.one/person/philip-hurd-wood.md) as Tiger
- [Christopher Casson](https://film.one/person/christopher-casson.md) as Professor
- Hilary Reynolds as Lesley
- Jack Walsh as Price
- Rosamund Burton as Denise
- Marcus O'Higgins as Marcus
- Mark Drew as Disco Manager
- Gabrielle Reidy as Barbara
- Des Nealon as Invigilator
- Marie Conmee as Customer in Hairdressers
- Oliver Maguire as Tutor
- Derry Power as Photographer
- Alan Stanford as Bistro Manager
- Gerry Sullivan as Security Officer
- Patricia Jeffares as Rita's Mother
- Maeve Germaine as Sandra
- Liam Stack as Sandra's Fiance
- Paul Markey as Wedding Guest

## Directing

- [Lewis Gilbert](https://film.one/person/lewis-gilbert.md): Director

## Writing

- [Willy Russell](https://film.one/person/willy-russell.md): Theatre Play, Screenplay

## Production

- [Lewis Gilbert](https://film.one/person/lewis-gilbert.md): Producer
- Weston Drury Jr.: Casting Director
- Nuala Moiselle: Casting Director

## Camera

- [Frank Watts](https://film.one/person/frank-watts.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Garth Craven](https://film.one/person/garth-craven.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [David Hentschel](https://film.one/person/david-hentschel.md): Music

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