Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1991 British drama film directed by Charles Sturridge. The screenplay by Sturridge, Tim Sullivan, and Derek Granger is based on the 1905 novel of the same title by E. M. Forster. Recently widowed and anxious to escape the clutches of her oppressively meddlesome in-laws, free-spirited Lilia Herriton travels to the hillside Tuscan town of Monteriano with her young friend Caroline Abbott. There she falls in love with ... More

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  • 1991

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PG (USA)

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  • 1 h 56 min

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  • Where Angels Fear To Tread

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Charles Sturridge

Charles B. G. Sturridge (born 24 June 1951) is an English screenwriter, producer, stage, television and film director. Sturridge was born in London, England to Alyson Bowman Vaughan (née Burke) and Jerome Sturridge. He was educated at Stonyhurst College. and University College, Oxford. Sturridge...

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  • 1991
  • Nov 7, 2006
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 56 min
  • 1 h 52 min
  • 1 h 48 min
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Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster, originally entitled Monteriano. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread". In 1991 it was made into a film by Charles Sturridge, starring Rupert Graves,...

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  • 6,767
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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