Absent Without Leave
A True Story of Love, Conscience and Duty
In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.
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Top Cast
Craig McLachlan
James Edwards
Katrina Hobbs
Daisy Edwards
Tony Barry
Peter
Judie Douglass
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Ken Blackburn
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Tony Burton
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Francis Bell
Paddy
Robyn Malcolm
Betty
David Copeland
Claude
Desmond Kelly
Daisy's Father
Rebecca Hobbs
Daisy's Sister
Joan Foster
Daisy's Stepmother
Mark Hadlow
Prison Corporal
Jed Brophy
Joe
Stephen Gledhill
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