Synopsis
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
232 audience votes
Key crew
- David Hugh JonesDirector
- Hugh WhitemoreScreenplay
- James Roose-EvansScreenplay
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anne BancroftHelene Hanff
- Anthony HopkinsFrank P. Doel
- Judi DenchNora Doel
- Jean De BaerMaxine Stuart
- Maurice DenhamGeorge Martin
- Eleanor DavidCecily Farr
- Mercedes RuehlKay
- Daniel GerrollBrian
- Wendy MorganMegan Wells
- Ian McNeiceBill Humphries
- Connie BoothThe Lady from Delaware
- J. Smith-CameronGinny
Stills
Themes
london, englandbookshopbased on play or musicalbased on memoir or autobiographycorrespondence1950s1960s