Movie: Operation Autumn
Top 10 Billed Cast
General Humberto Delgado
Mário de Carvalho
Ernesto Lopes Ramos
Rosa Casaco
Agostinho Tienza
Casimiro Monteiro
Álvaro Pereira de Carvalho
Maria Iva Delgado
António Semedo
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