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A Local Desperado

David Priestman

Synopsis

1855, and after a robbery of a stately home goes wrong, Charles, his wife and her brother set off for a better life in America and the chance to escape their poorly existence. On the run from the Police, their chances of getting there are dwindling fast.

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Details

Year: 2012
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 26 mins 16 secs
Format: DSLR; HDV
Director: Philip Codd
Producer: Philip Codd, Lucy Wilkins
Editor: David Priestman, Philip Codd
Screenwriter: Lucy Wilkins
Director of Photography: David Priestman
Production Designer: Steve Wilkins
Sound: Ryan Johnson, Phil Killingsworth
Composer: Philip Codd
Principal cast: Lucy Wilkins, Nathan Maguire, Andy Yeomans, Dean Love, Phil Lyon, Natalie Castka, Ben Braithwaite

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Norhtern Lights Film Emporium

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