Movie: Gas and Candles

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Edna Doré
Edna Doré

Betty

Bert Parnaby
Bert Parnaby

Bill

Leslie Sands
Leslie Sands

Tom

Simon Oates
Simon Oates

Politician

Richard Braine
Richard Braine

Journalist

Rod Culbertson
Rod Culbertson

Superintendent Benson

Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones

Constable Davis

Kenneth Bryans
Kenneth Bryans

Assassin

Freddie Earlle
Freddie Earlle

Bus Driver

Patricia Kane
Patricia Kane

Mrs Betchley

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    Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.

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    1991-08-01

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