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The Last Inch (1959)

The Last Inch poster
Original title
Последний дюйм
Directed by
Teodor Vulfovich, Nikita Kurikhin
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
-
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and his young son crash-land a plane in a remote coastal area. The father is badly injured, and the boy must find a way to get them both to safety.

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What happens

The Last Inch (Russian: Последний дюйм, romanized: Posledniy dyuym) is a 1959 Soviet adventure drama film directed by Nikita Kurikhin and Teodor Vulfovich. It is based on an eponymous short story, by James Aldridge published in the USSR in 1957, and in London in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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