735 Silas Marner

First  viewed :  30   December  1985

This  was  a  single  drama  adaptation  of  George  Eliot's  Victorian  classic   with  an  all-star  cast. Ben  Kingsley  was  in  the  title  role  as  the  miserly  weaver  who  is  robbed  of  both  his  wealth  and  reputation    but  finds  redemption  by   taking  in  a  lost  orphan  girl. Jenny  Agutter  popped  over  from  Hollywood to  play  the  wife  of  the local  squire Godfrey  Cass  ( Patrick  Ryecart )  whose  secrets  Silas  has  been  keeping. The  girl  Eppie  was  played  by  Patsy  Kensit, then  tring  to  make  it  as  a  pop  star  in  the  dire  Eighth  Wonder.

I  came  upon  it  when  it  had  about  twenty  minutes  to  run  and  was  intrigued  enough  to  wish  I'd  seen  the  rest.