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Videos
The first trailer for the period comedy Savage House, starring Claire Foy and Richard E Grant has been unveiled.
It is is set amid a massive pox outbreak and the Jacobite uprising of 18th Century England as Sir Chauncey (Grant) and Lady Savage (Foy) pursue a better life.
The cast also includes Bel Powley , Jack Farthing, Vicki Pepperdine and Robert Bathurst
Written and directed by Peter Glanz, Savage House will be released in cinemas in June.
Savage House trailer
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