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The Big Bluff (1955)

Revealing! Startling! Searing!

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : W. Lee Wilder
Writer : Fred Freiberger

Synopsis

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

Actors

John Bromfield
John Bromfield
Ricardo De Villa
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers
Valerie Bancroft
Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton
Dr. Peter Kirk
Rosemarie Stack
Rosemarie Stack
Fritzie Darvel (as Rosemarie Bowe)
Eve Miller
Eve Miller
Marsha Jordan
Max Palmer
Max Palmer
Det. Sgt. John Fullmer
Eddie Bee
Eddie Bee
Don Darvel
Robert Bice
Robert Bice
Dr. Tom Harrison
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin
Mr. Winthrop

Crews

W. Lee Wilder
W. Lee Wilder
Director
Fred Freiberger
Fred Freiberger
Screenplay
Mindret Lord
Mindret Lord
Story
W. Lee Wilder
W. Lee Wilder
Producer
Manuel Compinsky
Manuel Compinsky
Original Music Composer
Gordon Avil
Gordon Avil
Director of Photography
Terry O. Morse
Terry O. Morse
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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