Prejudice | |
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Written by | Pamela Williams |
Directed by | Ian Munro |
Starring | Patsy Stephen Grace Parr |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Pamela Williams Tristram Miall |
Running time | 96 mins |
Production company | Film Australia |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | 10 February 1989 [1] |
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