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Certificate U

Cast James McKechnie Neville Mapp Vincent Holman

Directors Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger

Screenwriters Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger

Running Time 164 minutes

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Powell and Pressburger classic returns

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Plot
We travel through Major General Wynn-Candy's life and watch it unfold through his relationships with three different women. We see too, how his soldierly honour adapts as his personal relationship with the nature of war changes...

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