Interesting and engaging film, based on a novel by Charles Eric Maine, screenwritten by John Hale and Edward Simpson, about the attempts to educate a 30 year old who's been in a coma his whole life, touches on questions of freedom and choice. Terence Stamp is wonderful as the man-child, Robert Vaughn a sympathetic surgeon, Nigel Davenport a less so one. Donal Donnelly is indeed from The Knack, and despite my allegations that the TV producer's assistant was Judy Parfitt she wasn't: when the real Judy turns up (giving Terence the only kiss he's ever had), she's unmistakable. Christian Roberts, from To Sir With Love, is one of the irresponsible journalists, as is Christopher Timothy.
Shot by Billy Williams.
It's Frankenstein, I realised halfway through, right up to the point where he (almost) hears a violin playing (only in this version the girl screams and pulls the emergency cord).
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