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# The Dresser (1983): cast and crew

28 cast and 22 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Albert Finney](https://film.one/person/albert-finney.md) as Sir
- [Tom Courtenay](https://film.one/person/tom-courtenay.md) as Norman
- [Edward Fox](https://film.one/person/edward-fox.md) as Oxenby
- [Zena Walker](https://film.one/person/zena-walker.md) as Her Ladyship
- [Eileen Atkins](https://film.one/person/eileen-atkins.md) as Madge
- [Michael Gough](https://film.one/person/michael-gough.md) as Frank Carrington
- [Cathryn Harrison](https://film.one/person/cathryn-harrison.md) as Irene
- [Betty Marsden](https://film.one/person/betty-marsden.md) as Violet Manning
- [Sheila Reid](https://film.one/person/sheila-reid.md) as Lydia Gibson
- [Lockwood West](https://film.one/person/lockwood-west.md) as Geoffrey Thornton
- [Donald Eccles](https://film.one/person/donald-eccles.md) as Mr. Godstone
- [Llewellyn Rees](https://film.one/person/llewellyn-rees.md) as Horace Brown
- Guy Manning as Benton
- Anne Blackman as Beryl
- Kevin Stoney as C. Rivers Lane
- Ann Way as Miss White
- [John Sharp](https://film.one/person/john-sharp.md) as Mr. Bottomley
- Kathy Staff as Bombazine Woman
- Roger Avon as Charles
- Christopher Irvin as Evelyn the Airman
- Stuart Richman as Evelyn's Friend
- Sandra Gough as Actress on Station
- Joe Belcher as Arthur
- Johnny Maxfield as Electrician
- Paul Luty as Stallkeeper
- Lori Wells as Barmaid
- Alan Starkey as Train Guard
- Ralph G. Morse as Man at Station (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Peter Yates](https://film.one/person/peter-yates.md): Director

## Writing

- [Ronald Harwood](https://film.one/person/ronald-harwood.md): Screenplay, Theatre Play

## Production

- Nigel Wooll: Associate Producer
- [Peter Yates](https://film.one/person/peter-yates.md): Producer
- [Ronald Harwood](https://film.one/person/ronald-harwood.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Kelvin Pike](https://film.one/person/kelvin-pike.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ray Lovejoy](https://film.one/person/ray-lovejoy.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Matthew Launay: Sound
- Stephen Janisz: Assistant Sound Editor
- John Hayward: Sound Mixer
- Peter Pennell: Sound Editor
- John Chandler: Boom Operator
- Malcolm Davies: Sound
- David John: Sound Mixer
- [James Horner](https://film.one/person/james-horner.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Colin Grimes: Art Direction
- [Stephen B. Grimes](https://film.one/person/stephen-b-grimes.md): Production Design
- Josie MacAvin: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Alan Brownie: Assistant Makeup Artist
- Joan White: Hairdresser
- Barbara Ritchie: Hairstylist
- Alan Boyle: Makeup Artist

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