City of Violence (1951)
Genre : Action, Drama
Runtime : 0M
Director : Marino Girolami
Writer : Ernst Marischka, Paola Ojetti
Synopsis
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.
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