The Raggedy Rawney

Apr 21 1989 R 1h 43m
Drama, Romance, War

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.

Plot

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him

Written by

Bob Hoskins, Nicole De Wilde

Directed by

Bob Hoskins

Cast

Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson, Zoë Wanamaker

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Handmade Films, The Cannon Group, Virgin Vision

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
422
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA