Absent Without Leave
Overview
In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.
Release date
20/02/1993
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Craig McLachlan
James Edwards
Katrina Hobbs
Daisy Edwards
Tony Barry
Peter
Judie Douglass
Ella
Ken Blackburn
C.O.
Tony Burton
Constable
Francis Bell
Paddy
Robyn Malcolm
Betty
David Copeland
Claude
Desmond Kelly
Daisy's Father
Rebecca Hobbs
Daisy's Sister
Joan Foster
Daisy's Stepmother
Mark Hadlow
Prison Corporal
Jed Brophy
Joe
Stephen Gledhill
Tearoom Man
Original Soundtrack
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Operation Snafu
The Big Red One
The White Angel
My Part of the World
Los tres huastecos
Sea of Sand
Wicked Spring
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Pine Tree in the Mountain
Army of Crime
The Truce
Caught by Night
Instrument of War
MacArthur
Uprising
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Radio Days
American Nazis
Under a Stone Sky
Où la lumière pleut