15 Apr 2009
Adoration
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
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A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Denison Philip Rackham
Mai Zetterling Doris Rickardson
Jane Hylton Frankie Rackham
André Morell George Rackham
Flora Robson Mary Rackham
Dennis Price Maurice Fletcher
Peter Burton Graham Moore
Barbara Blair Nancy Rickardson
Mervyn Johns Uncle Ted
Naunton Wayne Police Inspector Saunders
Celia Lipton Sandra, singer
Joan Hickson The Waitress
Hugh Dempster Arresting Police Inspector
Michael Ward Dr. J. Dobson, dentist
Olive Sloane Mrs. Baker
Sid James Mr. Spencer, neighbor
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