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1978-05-01 · 47 min · Not rated
When he finds himself plagued with nightmares about a historic battle fought on the site of the village he lives in, delinquent Cornish teenager Jonah Grattan becomes obsessed with a potential link to a local homeless man.
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- Directors
- John Reardon
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- BBC
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- United Kingdom
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- Released
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Michael DeeksDarra
Simon Gipps-KentWillie
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