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The Appointment

What we're watching • Drama, Holiday, Mystery, UR, 31-Dec-1982

Unable to attend his daughter’s violin recital, suburban father Ian (Edward Woodward, The Wicker Man) is haunted by a series of prophetic nightmares that seem to foresee a looming tragedy. Are dark forces gathering to be unleashed upon him?

Tags
Occult, Psychic powers
Cast
Edward Woodward Ian
Jane Merrow Diana
Samantha Weysom Joanne
Crew
Lindsey C. Vickers director

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