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The Light Fantastic

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While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more wide-ranging surveys of the state of a particular art. The Light Fantastic (BBC, tx.…

DirectorKen Russell

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Cast · Directed by Ken Russell

RH
Ron Hitchins
Self - Presenter
AWAnneke Wills
Anneke Wills
Girl in Flamenco Club

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The Light Fantastic hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 5, 1961. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.