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Shepperton Babylon

Shepperton Babylon

2005•1h 0m•7.0/10
Documentary

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7.0/10(1)

A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.

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BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charlie Higson

Charlie Higson

Narrator

Lewis Macleod

Lewis Macleod

Other voices

Lillian Hall-Davis

Herself (Archive)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Himself (Archive)

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