

Playing Beatie Bow
1986-08-07 · 93 min · ★ 4.9
Abigail Kirk was an ordinary enough sixteen year old growing up in todays Sydney. An intriguing chain of events finds Abigail, through some eerie time shift, transported back one hundred years after watching some children playing a scary game called Beatie Bow.
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- Directors
- Donald Crombie
- Production companies
- South Australian Film Corporation
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Released
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Peter PhelpsJudah / Robert
Imogen AnnesleyAbigail Kirk
Mouche PhillipsBeatie Bow
Nikki CoghillDovey
Don BarkerSamuel
Edwin HodgemanSir
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