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The Crimson Petal and the White(2011)
70%
46 Votes
Overview
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
Countries:
United Kingdom
Networks:
Production Companies:
Cité-Amérique
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gillian Anderson
Mrs. Castaway
Romola Garai
Sugar
Shirley Henderson
Mrs Emmeline Fox
Katie Lyons
Clara
Elizabeth Berrington
Amanda Hale
Agnes Rackham
Mark Gatiss
Henry Rackham Junior
Richard E. Grant
Doctor Curlew
Chris O'Dowd
William Rackham
Liz White
Caroline
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