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Girl Afraid

Synopsis

Sarah is 32 and wondering if she'll ever meet Mr Perfect. She places a personal ad and arranges a blind date with a hot prospect. But with a serial killer on the loose should this girl be afraid of something far worse than being left on the shelf?

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins 1 sec
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Basi Akpabio
Editor
Daniel J. Mellow
Screenwriter
Basi Akpabio
Director of Photography
Graeme McAlpine
Sound
Tim Humphries
Composer
Matt Poulton, Julien-Pierre McKenzie
Principal cast
Amanda Root, Andrew Hall, Stephen Billington, Caroline Catz, Honor Blackman

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Basi Akpabio

60 Hadley Street
London
NW1 8TA
UK

T+44 (0)20 7485 6271

basi.a@virgin.net

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