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Violent Playground

 1958
 108 minutes (1 hrs 48 mins)
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Directed by

Basil Dearden

Starring

Stanley Baker · Anne Heywood · David McCallum · Peter Cushing · John Slater · Clifford Evans

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Ireland release date Ireland release
7th March 1958
Sweden release date Sweden release
12th May 1958
Finland release date Finland release
3rd October 1958

Certificates


G

K-16

Tous Public

16

Total grosses

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Violent Playground (1958)  IMDb Wed, 28th July 2021

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