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Released
1974 · FILM

Cipher in the Snow

"A child is a believing creature."

Directed by
Runtime
21 min
Drama

Synopsis

Cliff, a young teenager, collapses and dies in the snow near the roadside after attempting to leave a school bus. His math teacher is asked to notify the parents and write a short obituary. Although he barely knew Cliff, the teacher becomes determined to uncover the mystery behind his untimely death.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Peter G CzernyShot by Reed Smoot

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