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Blade on the Feather is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Richard Loncraine with Kika Markham
Blade on the Feather (1980)
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Add to a movie listSalade russe et Crème anglaise (Blade on the Feather) est un téléfilm britannique réalisé par Richard Loncraine, diffusé pour la première fois le 19 octobre 1980 sur ITV.
Actors
Kika Markham
(Linda Cavendish)
Phoebe Nicholls
(Christabel Cavendish)
Donald Pleasence
(Professor John Cavendish)
Tom Conti
(Daniel Young)
Denholm Elliott
(Jack Hill)
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