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Chicken Soup (1963)

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Philippe Agostini

Synopsis

The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...

Actors

Gérard Blain
Gérard Blain
Claudio
Françoise Spira
Françoise Spira
Maria
Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur
Girel
Guy Bedos
Guy Bedos
Hardouin
Jean Servais
Jean Servais
Commissaire Beronnet
Paul Mercey
Paul Mercey
Rimbert

Crews

Philippe Agostini
Philippe Agostini
Director
Evan Hunter
Evan Hunter
Novel
Michel Subiela
Michel Subiela
Adaptation
René Wheeler
René Wheeler
Adaptation

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