Tishoo
1982 · 85 min · Drama, TV Movie
It is the mid-1980s. The economy has not improved. For 17 years Professor Frank Merrick has been ensconced in a research lab of a provincial university working on a cure for the common cold. He is very near success. Can he avoid becoming yet another victim of the eternal cutbacks?
Directed by Gerald Blake · Written by Brian Thompson
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Paul Daneman Professor Frank Merrick -
Anne Stallybrass Barbara - B Barrie Cookson Layborne
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Milton Johns Cullin -
Sue Vanner Clare
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