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Adam's Woman

Adam's Woman

Genres

Drama

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Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

116 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

19 March 1970

Country

Australia

Cast

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Adam

Jane Merrow

Jane Merrow

Bess

John Mills

John Mills

Sir Philip MacDonald

James Booth

James Booth

Dyson

Andrew Keir

Andrew Keir

O'Shea

Tracy Reed

Tracy Reed

Duchess

Clarissa Kaye-Mason

Clarissa Kaye-Mason

Matron (as Clarissa Kaye)

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