The Innocent
Directed by	John Mackenzie
Written by	Ray Jenkins
Based on	novel The Aura and the Kingfisher by Tom Hart[1]
Produced by	Jacky Stoller
Starring	Andrew Hawley Liam Neeson Miranda Richardson Kika Markham Tom Bell Kate Foster
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Tony Woollard
Music by	Francis Monkman
Distributed by	Curzon Film Distributors
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£1 million[2]

The Innocent is a 1985 John Mackenzie drama film, starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson, and is set in the Yorkshire Dales just after World War I.^[3] The film is about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way.^[4] The film was produced by Tempest Films Ltd.^[5]

Cast

• Andrew Hawley as Timothy 'Tim' Dobson
• Kika Markham as Mrs. Dobson
• Kate Foster as Win
• Liam Neeson as John Carns
• Patrick Daley as Eddie King
• Paul Askew as Stanley
• Lorraine Peters as Win's grandmother
• Tom Bell as Frank Dobson
• Richard Hope as Mouth organ player
• Jack Carr as Mill owner
• Clive Wood as Turner
• Miranda Richardson as Mary Turner
• Richard Laxton as Reg Reid
• Denis Lill as Doctor
• Alison Lloyd as Woolshop owner
• Bill Rodgers as Drinksbearer