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The Face of Fear(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-10-08
59%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 15m
Overview:
A young Iowa schoolteacher, thinking she is dying of leukemia, goes to San Francisco, where she hires a mob killer to take her life. However, she soon changes her mind, and with the help of the local police, tries to find the killer before he fulfills his part of the bargain.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
Movie: The Face of Fear
Top 8 Billed Cast
Ricardo Montalban
Sergeant Frank Ortega
Jack Warden
Lieutenant George Coy
Elizabeth Ashley
Sally Dillman
Dane Clark
Tamworth
Burr DeBenning
Peter Sargent Fennington
Roy Poole
Glenn Kennedy
Charles Dierkop
Patsy Fain
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A young Iowa schoolteacher, thinking she is dying of leukemia, goes to San Francisco, where she hires a mob killer to take her life. However, she soon changes her mind, and with the help of the local police, tries to find the killer before he fulfills his part of the bargain.
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1971-10-08
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