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Woman In The Park and Gracemary

Fever (Country: UK; Year: 1967; Director: Bill Douglas; Writer: Bill Douglas, based on the short story by JMG Le Clézio)

A psychiatric patient travels to Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, to warn anyone who will listen about the impending nuclear holocaust.

Gracemary (Country: UK; Year: 1966; Director: Bill Douglas)

A young woman runs to catch the last post with her weekly pools coupon, whilst imagining a more glamorous life for herself.

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Small World (Country: UK; Year: 1968; Director: Bill Douglas)

A comedy of manners about two married couples who meet by chance at an outdoor café and think they have met before.

Still Life (Country: UK; Year: 1968; Director: Bill Douglas)

An elderly woman is admitted to an asylum and all her possessions are removed by the council.

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The Water Cress File (Country: UK; Year: 1966; Director: Bill Douglas)

Playing with the tropes of the spy genre, The Water Cress File charts the progress of a mysterious briefcase, passed between several characters on the streets of Soho and, in a metaphysical flourish, into a film showing in the Pavilion cinema.

Woman In The Park (Country: UK; Year: 1967; Director: Bill Douglas)

A Hitchcockian psychodrama about an introverted man who pursues a woman with whom he becomes obsessed.

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