The Double McGuffin
Top 10 Billed Cast
Firat
Chief Talasek
Prime Minister Kura
Jody
Narrator
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Overview
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
4.95
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
It’s all about getting away with murder!
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