''A Shocking Accident'' is a 1982 British short

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directed by

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and produced by Christine Oestreicher, based on

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's short story by the same name. In 1983, Oestreicher won the

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for Best Live Action Short at the

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Cast

Rupert Everett Rupert James Hector Everett (; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor. He first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film '' Another Country'' (1984) as a gay pupil at an English public scho ...

as Jerome and Mr. Weathersby *

Jenny Seagrove Jennifer Ann Seagrove (born 4 July 1957) is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and first came to attention playing the lead in a television dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's '' A Woman of Substance'' ...

as Sally *

Barbara Hicks Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil'' and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning ''Howards End''. Biography Hicks was born in ...

as Aunt Joyce *

Benjamin Whitrow Benjamin John Whitrow (17 February 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a British actor. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of ''Pride and Prejudice'', and voiced the role of Fowle ...

as Headmaster * Tim Seeley as Stephen * Richenda Carey as Susan *

Sophie Ward Sophie Anna Ward (born 30 December 1964) is a British stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction from London. As an actress, she played Jocelyn Sheffield in '' The Nanny''; she also played Elizabeth Hardy, the female l ...

as Amanda * Sara Heliane Elliot as Brenda * Daniel Chatto as Paul * Katherine Best as Italian Girl * Oliver Blackburn as Jerome (aged 9) * Robert Popper as Jerome (aged 13) * Timothy Stark as Kingsley * Luke Taylor as Taylor *

Gary Russell Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs in other media. As an ac ...

as School Captain

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