The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies.
Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 31M
Director : Nicolas Gessner
Writer : Laird Koenig
Synopsis
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