Directed by Michael Apted
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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Farmer Glenda Jackson discovers a young soldier walking in her field one day. She invites him in for a cup of tea, but he stays much longer. He gets the old tractor running, is good at chores, and ends some of the loneliness she feels with her husband away at the war. After a few months, they disguise him as her sister so the neighbors and grocer won't be suspicious. At first it's a joke, but soon he is wearing dresses, makeup and a stuffed bra all the time. Oliver Reed is an obnoxious and presumptuous officer who won't take no for an answer when he asks the two "sisters" to the Christmas dance. He corners the "girl" alone and he agrees to go. The entire movie is a set up for the dance with Oliver Reed and an attempted rape of a transvestite. I just didn't buy into any of the characters: not the girl, not Reed's officer, not even Glenda Jackson as a farmer.
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