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Radio 4,28 Nov 2011,30 mins
The Alias Men
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Alan Smithee never directed a film in his life. He didn't even exist. Yet he has more films to his name than almost anyone. Andrew Collins looks back on the 40-year career of an extraordinary non-entity, a journey which lays bare a radical turning-point in the history of twentieth-century cinema.
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