Spring and Port Wine

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Spring and Port Wine
Directed by	Peter Hammond
Produced by	Michael Medwin
Written by	Bill Naughton
Starring	James Mason Diana Coupland
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Release date(s)	1970
Running time	101 min.
Country	U.K.
Language	English
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Spring and Port Wine is a 1967 stage play by Bill Naughton. It became a film in 1970.

The story is set in the Northern England town of Bolton, and concerns the Crompton family, and in particular the father, Rafe Crompton, and his attempts to assert his authority in the household as his children grow up.

In the film, Rafe was played by James Mason, and Diana Coupland played his wife, Daisy. Susan George, Rodney Bewes, Hannah Gordon and Len Jones played the children. It was directed by Peter Hammond and produced by Michael Medwin. Naughton himself provided the adaptation, and it was filmed on location in Bolton and at Lee International Studios in Wembley, London.