The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

Year
1979

Runtime
102 minutes (1 hr 42 mins)

Jenny Agutter

Michael York

Simon MacCorkindale

Alan Badel

Jurgen Andersen

Michael Sheard

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Last viewed:
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US release
4th January 1980

46 years 10 months 2 days ago

Ireland
16th March 1979

47 years 7 months 21 days ago

Portugal
9th August 1979

47 years 2 months 28 days ago

France
15th December 1979

46 years 10 months 22 days ago

Japan
22nd March 1980

46 years 7 months 15 days ago

Australia
8th May 1980

46 years 5 months 29 days ago

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Release: 16th Mar '79
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Release: 4th Jan '80
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Directed by
	Tony Maylam

Starring
	Michael York	Carruthers
	Jenny Agutter	Clara
	Simon MacCorkindale	Davies
	Alan Badel	Dollmann
	Jurgen Andersen	Von Bruning
	Michael Sheard	Bohme
	Hans Meyer	Grimm
	Wolf Kahler	Kaiser, Wilhelm II
	Olga Lowe	Frau Dollmann
	Ronald Markham	Withers

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Global Box Office Release Breakdown

UK release date: 16th March 1979
Ireland release date: 16th March 1979
Portugal release date: 9th August 1979
France release date: 15th December 1979
USA release date: 4th January 1980

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B-Sides: Erskine Childers’s “The Riddle of the Sands” Public Books Thu, 6th December 2018

Classic review: The Riddle of the Sands The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 2nd September 2013

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