A Game of Chance

A Game of Chance

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A Game of Chance

1961

0h 9m

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Drama

Overview

The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving tractor. Third in series.

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