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The Remainder Man

19821h 5mMovieDramaTV Movie

Jack is obsessed with nuclear armageddon and takes his wife, Ellen, and their children into a fallout shelter in their garden to wait out the atomic bomb.

DirectorRichard Wilson
WriterPhilip Martin
ProducerAnn Scott

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Cast · Directed by Richard Wilson

SHSheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock
Ellen
AB
Antony Brown
Jack
NR
Nick Reding
David
VW
Valerie Whittington
Joanna

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The Remainder Man — streaming FAQ

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The Remainder Man hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 21, 1982. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.