Educating Rita

Educating Rita is a 1983 film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters. See the storyline, runtime (106 minutes) and complete cast list on 123movies. Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.