Playing Chicken

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Playing Chicken

"Every family has a pecking order."

2022

0h 7m

10.0(1 votes)

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Comedy

Overview

A fathers love for his chicken causes tension between him and his son.

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2 featured cast members

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Joe Kent-Walters

Father

Mikey Bligh-Smith

Son

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Directed by: Edie Barnabas
Written by: Edie Barnabas

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