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Between the Lines is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joan Micklin Silver released in USA on 27 april 1977 with John Heard
Between the Lines (1977)
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Add to a movie listBetween the Lines is a 1977 film from Midwest Films directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The film won two out of the three awards it was nominated for at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
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The story revolves around a group of people who work at The Back Bay Mainline, an alternative newspaper in Boston.Actors
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