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Jana Carpenter
Jana Carpenter

Maggie

Andy Henderson
Andy Henderson

Matthew

Lucy Liemann
Lucy Liemann

Ruth Ackroyd

Toby Sawyer
Toby Sawyer

Louis

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    Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.

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    2006-11-09

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