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The Shell Seekers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Waris Hussein released in USA on 3 december 1989 with Angela Lansbury
The Shell Seekers (1989)
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Add to a movie listThe Shell Seekers is a 1989 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie based on the 1987 novel The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher and starring Angela Lansbury. The movie aired on ABC on December 3, 1989; it was later reaired on CBS on January 31, 1993.
Actors
Angela Lansbury
(Penelope Keeling)
Irene Worth
(Dolly Keeling)
Sam Wanamaker
(Richard)
Patricia Hodge
(Olivia)
Sophie Ward
(Antonia)
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