The Face of Fear

Top 8 Billed Cast

Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban

Sergeant Frank Ortega

Jack Warden
Jack Warden

Lieutenant George Coy

Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley

Sally Dillman

Dane Clark
Dane Clark

Tamworth

Burr DeBenning
Burr DeBenning

Peter Sargent Fennington

Roy Poole
Roy Poole

Glenn Kennedy

Charles Dierkop
Charles Dierkop

Patsy Fain

Regis Cordic
Regis Cordic

Dr. Landsteiner

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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.

  • Release Date

    1971-10-08

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    English
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