

Fair Rent
1947-07-15 · 11 min · ★ 7.0
Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.
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- Directors
- Mary Beales
- Production companies
- Aberdeen Rent Tribunal, COI, Data Film Productions, Department of Health for Scotland, BFI
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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