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The Raggedy Rawney

The Raggedy Rawney

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 20, 1988

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

User Score

59%

Original Title

The Raggedy Rawney

Production Companies

Handmade Films, The Cannon Group, Virgin Vision

Director

Bob Hoskins

Description

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.