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Freeway Films & Channel 4 Television present

Blood Red Roses

directed by John McGrath

“The Life and Times of a Fighting Woman”

1986

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Freeway Films & Channel 4 Television present

Blood Red Roses

directed by John McGrath

“The Life and Times of a Fighting Woman”

1986

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§ Synopsis

A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Elizabeth MacLennan

as Bessie Gordon

Gregor Fisher

as Alex McGuigan

as Young Bessie

Amanda Walker

Julie Graham

Caroline Paterson

Caroline Paterson

as Mrs Dundonald's Son

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