The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Gillies MacKinnon
2000-08-26

It's never too late for an encore.
6.8
84 min

After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.

Cast

Name Character Team
Judi Dench Elizabeth Zac E. Chan
Ian Holm Patrick Unowned
Joan Sims Betty Unowned
June Whitfield Annie Unowned
Olympia Dukakis Dinah Unowned
Billie Whitelaw Evelyn Unowned
Leslie Caron Madeleine Unowned
Cleo Laine Gwen Unowned
Romola Garai Young Elizabeth Unowned
James Cosmo McNab Unowned
Thelma Ruby Vera Unowned
Millie Findlay Joanna Unowned
Felicity Dean Patricia Unowned
Nicholas Palliser Edward (as Nicholas Pallister) Unowned
Valentine Pelka Leslie Unowned
Carla MacKinnon Carol Unowned
Dom Chapman Paul Unowned
John Warnaby Hibbert Unowned