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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is a British film of genre Drama directed by Chris Petit with Billie Whitelaw
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
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Add to a movie listAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman is a 1982 British crime film directed by Chris Petit. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. D. James.
Actors
Billie Whitelaw
(Elizabeth Leaming)
Paul Freeman
(James Callendar)
Pippa Guard
(Cordelia Gray)
Dominic Guard
(Andrew Lunn)
Elizabeth Spriggs
(Miss Markland)
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