The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Genre : Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Runtime : 1H 32M
Director : Riccardo Freda
Writer : Riccardo Freda, Sandro Continenza, Günter Ebert, Renato Romano
Synopsis
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