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The Executioner

19801h 20mMovie

Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.

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Cast

Paul RogersJan Citron
Joyce RedmanMeg Citron
Peter ClayPolice Inspector
John PhillipsExamining Judge
Simon CadellFowler
Robert StephensBeust
Jeffry WickhamMaybank
Deborah NortonIlse Giesebrecht
David DakerPrison Governor
Noel CollinsWarder
John AbineriSchroeder
Christopher BenjaminRabbi

Details

Director: Kenneth Ives
Writers: Lionel Goldstein
Release date: April 17, 1980
Runtime: 1h 20m
Original language: English
Studios: BBC

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