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A Life

Nov 11, 1984 · 2h 11m
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TV Movie
Drama

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Desmond Drumm, a highly intelligent but bitterly cynical civil servant, must try to make sense of his life after learning that he has a terminal illness.

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CAST

Paul Rogers
Drumm
Aideen O'Kelly
Mary
Godfrey Quigley
Kearns
Daphne Carroll
Dolly
Jonathan White
Desmond
Lise-Ann McLaughlin
Mibs
Nicholas Grindell
Lar
Catherine Byrne
Dorothy
Directed by Louis Lentin

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Country
US
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