Widows' Peak (1994)
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
Top billed cast
Mia FarrowKatherine O'Hare / Clancy
Joan PlowrightMrs. Doyle-Counihan
Natasha RichardsonEdwina Broome
Adrian DunbarGodfrey Doyle-Counihan
Jim BroadbentCon Clancy
Anne KentMiss Grubb
John KavanaghCanon Murtagh
Gerard McSorleyGaffney
Michael CaseyPianist
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