Picks and Pans Review: Masterpiece Theatre: Flickers

UPDATED 05/24/1982 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/24/1982 at 01:00 AM EDT

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Frances de la Tour stars as a rich spinster who offers would-be movie mogul Bob Hoskins her body and her bankroll in this eccentric six-part comedy about the slapshticky infancy of the English film industry. (Premiere)

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