

84 Charing Cross Road
1987-02-13 · 100 min · ★ 7.2
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
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- Directors
- David Hugh Jones
- Production companies
- Brooksfilms, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 2,538,291
Top Cast
Anne BancroftHelene Hanff
Anthony HopkinsFrank P. Doel
Judi DenchNora Doel
Jean De BaerMaxine Stuart
Maurice DenhamGeorge Martin
Eleanor DavidCecily Farr
Mercedes RuehlKay
Daniel GerrollBrian
Wendy MorganMegan Wells
Ian McNeiceBill Humphries
Connie BoothThe Lady from Delaware
J. Smith-CameronGinny
Anne DysonMrs. Boulton
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