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Very Like a Whale

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1980

86 minutes (1 hrs 26 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom

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Directed by

Alan Bridges

Starring

Alan Bates · Gemma Jones · Ann Bell · Anna Cropper · Ian Hogg · Leslie Sands

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Release dates

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US release: 1st January 1981

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United Kingdom release: 13th February 1980

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United States release: 1st January 1981

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