The Franchise Affair

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A schoolgirl who has been missing for weeks returns home covered in bruises. She says two women kidnapped her, held her captive in an isolated house and beat her. Taken by the police to the house she described, she identifies it and the mother and daughter who live there. They call in a lawyer, who has only days to find evidence that will break the girl's story.

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Languages: English

Director: Leonard Lewis

Starring Cast: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Alex Jennings, David Ellison, Miranda Bell

Cast

Patrick Malahide

Robert Blair

Joanna McCallum

Marion Sharpe

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs Sharpe

Alex Jennings

Nevil Bennet

David Ellison

Inspector John Hallam

Miranda Bell

Miss Tuff

James Garbutt

Mr Heseltine

Penelope Nice

Mrs Wynn

Grant Parsons

Leslie Wynn

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