Fable

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Fable

1965

1h 14m

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Drama

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Overview

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

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19 members

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Keith Barron

Narrator

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Eileen Atkins

Joan

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Ronald Lacey

Len

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Rudolph Walker

Policeman

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Leo Carera

Editor

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Bari Jonson

Deputy Editor

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Thomas Baptiste

Mark

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Barbara Assoon

Francesca

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Dan Jackson

Overseer

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Carmen Munroe

Lala

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Sally Lahee

Lilian

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George Roderick

Laughton

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Trevor Rhone

Assistant Editor

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John Rapley

Michael

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Andre Dakar

Head of State

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Frank Singuineau

Minister

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Charles Hyatt

News Reader

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Thors Piers

Secretary

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Kenneth Gardnier

Interrogator

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