The Chairman's Wife | |
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Directed by | Gerry O'Hara |
Screenplay by | Gerry O'Hara Julian Holloway |
Produced by | Julian Holloway |
Starring | John Osborne Zena Walker Fiona Lewis |
Cinematography | Dudley Lovell |
Edited by | Gerry Hambling |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The wife of a company's chairman stages her own kidnapping in order to gain money. [2]
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