Washed Hands

Washed Hands

1958 · 73 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

An efficiency expert is called in to downsize a trucking company and the employees fight to establish a union to save their jobs.

Directed by Claude Jutra · Written by Fernand Dansereau

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