Absent Without Leave
Absent Without Leave
Watch Absent Without Leave Free Online HD Moviesjoy. 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.
- Genre: Romance, Drama, War
- Country: New Zealand
- Director: John Laing
- Cast: Craig McLachlan, Katrina Hobbs, Tony Barry, Judie Douglass, Ken Blackburn, Tony Burton, Francis Bell, Robyn Malcolm, David Copeland, Desmond Kelly, Rebecca Hobbs, Joan Foster, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Stephen Gledhill,
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