The Mallet
Mar 15, 1977 | IMDB 7.8
11 min Watch NowDocumentary
In a futuristic, antiseptic food factory, workers select healthy chicks, while the rejects are carried along a conveyor belt until they are crushed by a mallet and drop into a garbage bin. A single black chick appears among the yellow and is shoved toward the garbage bin. Before the mallet strikes, the gasping chick rebels.
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1944
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1946
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IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2022
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