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No Halliwell Film Guide entry...


I remember seeing this film a couple of years ago and thinking it strange that I'd never heard of it especially bearing in mind the strong cast and also the fact it is much better than many of the films Caine did in the 80's.

I looked it up in my 1996 edition of the Halliwell Film Guide and it wasn't there!!!!

Does anyone know if it's been included in later editions?

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I missed it on TV the other day, so I got it on dvd (£2.40 from play.com!) I thought it was great. I also looked it up in my Halliwell (2007) and it's not there.

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<<I also looked it up in my Halliwell (2007) and it's not there.>>

Maybe,there is a conspiracy to have it hushed up?!!!

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Many Guide Books and Encyclopedias have cleansed their lists of many less used
items. Discontinuing printed books has become widely practiced these past few
years. Excessive use of internet information has rendered printed forms obsolete, consider the closing of many long standing daily newspapers.
IMDb, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble as well as many internet web sites provide
extensive information. Actually it is more convenient especially when you are
already on the internet.

Whistle Blower was controversial at it's time. It has lost it's audience now
and is no longer in print. I liked it then and still visit it now and again.

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What a pompous response to a straightforward question.

There's no logic to what you're saying anyway. The Halliwell Film Guide doesn't list films because they are in regular circulation.

Lost films are listed in there.

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'Whistle Blower was controversial at it's time. It has lost it's audience now..........'WTF? This is soo relevant......always has been, more so since Assange, Snowden, Kelly, NSA etc...........devious criminal UK/US bastard governments.

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