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Alvin Rakoff

The Film Programme by BBC

Aug 12, 202127:50Society & Culture

With Antonia Quirke 94 year old director Alvin Rakoff talks about giving Sean Connery his big break, why his friend Peter Sellers wired his home for sound and what it was like directing Laurence Olivier in A Voyage Aroun...

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Alvin Rakoff is an episode from The Film Programme by BBC. With Antonia Quirke 94 year old director Alvin Rakoff talks about giving Sean Connery his big break, why his friend Peter Sellers wired his home for sound and what it was like direc...

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