Fair Rent

Fair Rent

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1947-07-15
Genre:Drama
Duration:11 min
Director:Mary Beales
Actors:Norrie Williamson
Production:Aberdeen Rent Tribunal, COI, Data Film Productions, Department of Health for Scotland, BFI

Overview:

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.

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