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Tim

Movie·1979·Romance, Drama·1h 49m·6.3 (63)·Directed by Michael Pate

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Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.

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Piper LauriePiper LaurieMary HortonMel GibsonMel GibsonTim MelvilleAlwyn KurtsAlwyn KurtsRon MelvillePat EvisonPat EvisonEm MelvillePeter GwynnePeter GwynneTom AinsleyDeborah KennedyDeborah KennedyDawnie Melville
Michael Caulfield
Michael CaulfieldJohn Martinson
Allan Penney
Allan PenneyMr. Thompson

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