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The Girl in the Picture is a film of genre Comedy released in USA on 1 january 1986 with John Gordon Sinclair
The Girl in the Picture (1986)
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Add to a movie listThe Girl in the Picture is a 1985 British film directed by Cary Parker and starring John Gordon Sinclair as Alan, a Glaswegian photographer, keen to get back with his former girlfriend Mary (Irina Brook). Meanwhile his assistant Ken (played by David McKay) is smitten by a girl he knows only through her photograph.
The film also stars Gregor Fisher, Rikki Fulton and Simone Lahbib, with a score composed by Scottish musician Ron Geesin
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