Silent Cries
Appearance
Silent Cries is a 1993 television film adaptation, directed by Anthony Page, of Guests of the Emperor by Janice Young Brooks.[1][2]
Cast
- Gena Rowlands as Peggy Sutherland
- Annabeth Gish as Hazel Hampton
- Chloe Webb as Dinki Denk
- Gail Strickland as Roberta Hampton
- Phyllis Logan as Nancy Muir
- Judy Parfitt Beryl Stacton
- Cherie Lunghi Audrey St John
- Clyde Kusatsu Saburo Saigo
- Kim Braden Mrs. Webber
- Pamela Brull Jane Kowolski
- Stan Egi as Spike
- Nick Tate
- Sab Shimono as Natsume
- Sylvia Short as Dr. Millichope
- Natsuko Ohama Nurse Royama
References
- ^ Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994 - Page lv 0824037979 Prouty - 1996 "Tony Scott March 8, 1993 NBC Monday Night at the Movies SILENT CRIES ... Scripters W.H. Davis and Vickie Patik, adapting "Guests of the Emperor" by Janice Young Brooks, indicate that, despite dreadful conditions inflicted on prisoners, the Japanese were either trying to be friendly, suffering from paralysis or unaware what was going on. Vidpic should disconcert those still alive who endured the torments; otherwise, "Silent Cries" is most likely to evoke silent yawns. Gena Rowlands limns Peggy Sutherland, American in Singapore when it falls to the Japanese in 1942.."
- ^ New York Magazine - Mar 8, 1993 - Page 80 ... At the TV movies: IP NOT FOR GENA Rowlands, Annabeth Gish, and Chloe Webb in Silent Cries ..disobedience, based on a book by Janice Young Brooks with a much better title, Guests of the Emperor."