
Apocalypse Now
1979


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Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.
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Bryan ForbesWriters
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Dame Edith Evans received her third Oscar nomination for this splendid performance as the ageing "Mrs. Ross". A lady with a seemingly limited grip on lucidity - frequently claiming to be a countess, or a member of the Order of the Garter - who is expecting her £40,000 inheritance to arrive at any moment, but living in penury/on charity meantime. When her son "Charlie" (Ronald Fraser) turns up expectedly he leaves a package that she discovers a few days later. Can her dreams have come true? She is an honest woman, and when she goes to tell the kindly National Assistance man "Conrad" (Gerald Sim…
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