Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1964 film)

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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Directed by Mary Ridge
Written byRay Lawler
Based onthe play by Ray Lawler
Produced by Cedric Messina
Starring Grant Taylor
Distributed byBBC
Release date
29 October 1964
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a 1964 British TV adaptation of the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler. It was done for Thursday Theatre .

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