
Head in Shadow
1952-07-01 · 19 min · Not rated
A highly impressionistic film in which a blind man (Lacey) drifts through the war-damaged streets of Camden and Islington.
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- Directors
- John Sewell
- Production companies
- Markfilm Production
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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