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When an American property developer arrives in London, he is perplexed at the warm welcome he is given by the employees of a vast photographic archive. It seems there has been a misunderstanding, and he tells the head of the collection that the ten million pictures will have to be sold or destroyed.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Marilyn Truman | Lindsay Duncan |
| Oswald Bates | Timothy Spall |
| Christopher Anderson | Liam Cunningham |
| Veronica | Billie Whitelaw |
| Spig | Emilia Fox |
| Garnett | Arj Barker |
| Nick | Blake Ritson |
| Molly | Sheila Dunn |
| Director | Stephen Poliakoff |
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