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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

10139

Title

THE BIG GAMBLE

Producer

Fred Birkinshaw with Altrincham Cine Club

Date

c1968

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

8 mins 27 secs

Description

A man struggling to find the money for a bill uses drastic measures, firstly pawning his wife’s fur coat, and then, tempted further, risking the proceeds on a roulette wheel in a local casino. But will his gamble pay off?

 

 



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