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Status
Released
Release
1985
Runtime
53m
A child chess prodigy from Liverpool plays the Russian world champion, at a time of crisis in both their lives.
14 Cast Members
Michael Angelis
Jack
Michael Poole
Krylov
Eileen Pollock
Gilly
Anthony Carney
Carl
Anthony McInerney
Lee
Matthew Guinness
Stoller
Cathy Murphy
Carol
Donald Sumpter
Makov
Janie Booth
Jenny
Neil Cunningham
Robinson
David Cardy
Reporter
Ian Lindsay
Wringer
Philip Barnes
Plain Clothes Policeman
Owen Brenman
Russian Embassy Official