The Chain (film)

The Chain
Directed by	Jack Gold
Produced by	Victor Glynn
Written by	Jack Rosenthal
Starring	Herbert Norville Denis Lawson Rita Wolf Maurice Denham Nigel Hawthorne
Music by	Stanley Myers
Edited by	Bill Blunden
Distributed by	Film Four International Rank Organisation
Release dates	1984
Running time	100 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Chain is a British comedy drama film first released in 1984. The film was produced and distributed by Film Four International.

Cast

Denis Lawson as Keith
Rita Wolf as Carrie
Phyllis Logan as Alison
David Troughton as Dudley
Jade Magri as Tasha
Maurice Denham as Grandpa
Nigel Hawthorne as Mr. Thorn
Anna Massey as Betty
Billie Whitelaw as Mrs. Andreos
Judy Parfitt as Deidre
John Rowe as Alex
Matthew Blakstad as Mark
Charlotte Long as Rosemary
Leo McKern as Thomas
Herbert Norville as Des
Carmen Munroe as Des's Mum
Ron Pember as Stan
Warren Mitchell as Bamber
Bernard Hill as Nick

Plot

The Chain tells the story of seven households that comprise a circular property chain, and various moving company employees who are tasked with assisting each household in their move. It follows the trials and tribulations, from trivial to profound, each household and mover (who are each guilty of one of the seven deadly sins) endures during the moving process.

In 1994 a spin-off series, Moving Story, was made for ITV in which Warren Clarke played the part of Bamber.

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Films directed by Jack Gold

My Father Knew Lloyd George (1965)
The Bofors Gun (1968)
The Reckoning (1969)
Conflict (1973)
The National Health (1973)
Man Friday (1975)
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
Aces High (1976)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
The Sailor's Return (1978)
Charlie Muffin (1979)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Good and Bad at Games (1983)
Red Monarch (1983)
Sakharov (1984)
The Chain (1984)
Murrow (1986)
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989)
The Rose and the Jackal (1990)
Heavy Weather (1995)
Goodnight Mister Tom (1998)

The works of Jack Rosenthal

Television writing	Coronation Street (1961–69) Pardon the Expression (1965–66) There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah (1968) The Dustbinmen (1969–70) The Lovers (1970–71) Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972) The Evacuees (1975) Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (1976) Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) Spend, Spend, Spend (1977) London's Burning (1986) Day To Remember (1986) And a Nightingale Sang (1989) About Face (1989–91) Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) Eskimo Day (1996)

Films	The Lucky Star (1980) P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) Yentl (1983) The Chain (1984) Captain Jack (1999) Chicken Run (2000)

Stage works	Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical) (1978)

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