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The Big Day (1960)

The Big Day poster
Directed by
Peter Graham Scott
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
55 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man faces a personal challenge on a significant day. The film follows his interactions with family and colleagues in a working class setting.

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What happens

The Big Day is a 1960 black and white British "B" drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Donald Pleasence, Harry H. Corbett, Andrée Melly and Colin Gordon. It was written by Bill MacIlwraith and produced by Arthur Alcott and Julian Wintle for Independent Artists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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