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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

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Top billed cast

Andrew GarfieldEddie Dunford
Warren ClarkeBill Molloy
Sean BeanJohn Dawson
David MorrisseyMaurice Jobson
John HenshawBill Hadley
Anthony FlanaganBarry Gannon
Jennifer HennessyMrs Kemplay
Mary Jo RandleEddie's Mum
Rita MayAunty Win
Rachel Jane AllenSusan Dunford

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