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Dead Cert is a British film of genre Drama directed by Tony Richardson with John Bindon
Dead Cert (1974)
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Add to a movie listDead Cert is a 1974 crime film directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dick Francis.
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A young jockey investigates on strange deadly accidents that involve his race horse.Actors
John Bindon
("Walter")
Judi Dench
(Laura Davidson)
Bill Fraser
(Uncle George)
Julian Glover
(Lodge)
Ian Hogg
(Bill Davidson)
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