Petticoat Lane
5.5
1903
0 hr 3 min
Documentary
Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.
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The first must-see film of the year.
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Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
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