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Fear and Desire(1953)
Status: Released
Date: 1953-03-31
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533 Votes
Time: 1h 2m
Trapped… 4 desperate men and a strange half-animal girl!
Overview:
After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $53,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Stanley Kubrick Productions
Movie: Fear and Desire
Top 6 Billed Cast
Frank Silvera
Mac
Paul Mazursky
Sidney
Virginia Leith
The Girl
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