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1980

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

Directed by Alan Gibson

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future

Duration

1h 30m

Released

December 9, 1980

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Cast19

  • Peter Firth
  • Caroline Langrishe
  • Patrick Magee
  • Pippa Guard
  • Trevor Ray
  • Sylvia Coleridge
  • Jean Trend
  • Timothy Davies
  • Denis Lawson

Part ofThe The Flipside of Dominick Hide Collection

Includes The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), and Another Flip for Dominick (1982).

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