Fable

Jan 27, 1965

1h 14m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Narrator

Keith Barron

Joan

Eileen Atkins

Len

Ronald Lacey

Policeman

Rudolph Walker

Editor

Leo Carera

Deputy Editor

Bari Jonson

Mark

Thomas Baptiste

Francesca

Barbara Assoon

Overseer

Dan Jackson

Lala

Carmen Munroe

Lilian

Sally Lahee

Laughton

George Roderick

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