Light Years Away

A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds

Cast

Trevor Howard

as Yoshka Poliakeff

Mick Ford

as Jonas

Bernice Stegers

as Betty

Henri Virlogeux

as Le notaire

Odile Schmitt

as Dancer

Joe Pilkington

as Thomas

Johnny Murphy

Gerard Mannix Flynn

Reviews

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