Blake's 7: The Beginning (1985)

MovieScience Fiction, Drama2h 1m
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In the far future, freedom fighter Roj Blake, framed by the all-powerful but corrupt Galactic Federation, escapes his captors from his sentence to a harsh penal colony and, helped by a handful of fellow convicts and armed with a superbly-equipped alien spaceship, sets about restoring freedom to the galaxy.

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Gareth ThomasGareth ThomasRoj BlakeSally KnyvetteSally KnyvetteJenna StannisPaul DarrowPaul DarrowKerr AvonJan ChappellJan ChappellCallyMichael KeatingMichael KeatingVila RestalDavid JacksonDavid JacksonOlag GanPeter TuddenhamPeter TuddenhamZenRobert BeattyRobert BeattyBran Foster

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