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Thicker than Water | |
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Based on | Thicker Than Water by Dylan Jones |
Written by | Dylan Jones Trevor Preston |
Directed by | Marc Evans |
Starring | Theresa Russell Jonathan Pryce Robert Pugh Catherine Neilson Richard Lynch |
Music by | Daemion Barry Julian Wastall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Editor | Sue Wyatt |
Running time | 140 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 29 July 1993 |
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