Movie: The Double McGuffin

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine

Firat

George Kennedy
George Kennedy

Chief Talasek

Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer

Prime Minister Kura

Lisa Whelchel
Lisa Whelchel

Jody

Vincent Spano
Vincent Spano

Foster (as Vinnie Spano)

Lori Lively
Lori Lively

Michelle Carter (as Lori Lynn Lively)

Orson Welles
Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

Ed Jones
Ed Jones

Assassin #1

Lyle Alzado
Lyle Alzado

Assassin #2

Michael Gerard
Michael Gerard

Arthur

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    Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuses to believe them. Later they discover both were part of an assassination plot. Now they have to figure out how to stop the plot and put the bad guys in jail.

  • Release Date

    1979-06-01

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    It’s all about getting away with murder!

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