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British Film Night: The Siege of Sidney Street

on BBC One London

The first in a new season of feature films from British studios stars Donald Sinden, Nicole Berger, Kieron Moore, Peter Wyngarde

At the turn of the century a series of anarchist outrages in London is the beginning of a relentless battle by the police to preserve law and order. This dramatic reconstruction of the events which led up to a pitched battle in London's Sidney Street in January 1911 stars Donald Sinden as the police inspector whose undercover investigations exposed the activities of the revolutionary group -led by the mysterious Peter the Painter.
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Contributors

Screenplay:
Jimmy Sangster
Screenplay:
Alexander Baron
Produced, directed and photographed by:
Robert S. Baker
Produced, directed and photographed by:
Monty Berman
Mannering:
Donald Sinden
Sara:
Nicole Berger
Yoska:
Kieron Moore
Peter:
Peter Wyngarde
Blakey:
Godfrey Quigley
Svaars:
Leonard Sachs
Dmitrieff:
Tutte Lemkow
Brodsky:
George Pastell
Nina:
Angela Newman
Lapidos:
T.P. McKenna
Gardstein:
Maurice Good
Hefeld:
James Caffrey
Hersh:
Harold Goldblatt
Police Commissioner:
Christopher Casson
Old Harry:
Harry Brogan
Police Inspector:
Alan Simpson
Jeweller:
Robert Lepler

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