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Gary Sherman’s Death Line is a downbeat film that sympathizes with its monster

October 10, 2020June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

The 1972 British film, about survivors of a cave-in relegated to life as cannibals in the tunnels under London, is a grim critique of how capitalism treats its workers.

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