Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

1979 · 30 min

In the early 1950s 'College' comes down from Cambridge to work for the summer with his old mates on the buildings - only to find a seething passion gripping the Figaro Club.

Directed by Colin Rose · Written by Ted Walker

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