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The Man Who Squeezes Muscles: Searching for Purple Aki

5.0201617mMovieDocumentary

Across Merseyside, there is a name which has been whispered for decades – "Purple Aki". Benjamin Zand goes in search of the truth behind one of the UK's strangest stories.

DirectorNick Mattingly
ProducerMike Radford

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Cast · Directed by Nick Mattingly

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Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke
Self - Purple Aki (archive)
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Ben Zand
Self - Presenter

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