Dial Love for Murder

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Dial Love for Murder

"Infidelity - A new kind of ball game"

1970

1h 24m

4.9(7 votes)

Crime

Overview

A man plans to kill his wealthy wife for her money and so he can be with his beautiful young mistress. However, things don't turn out exactly as he had planned.

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10 featured cast members

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Harald Leipnitz

Jan

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

Angela

Véronique Vendell

Gina

Friedrich Joloff

Inspektor

Peter Capell

Vanetti

Wolf Harnisch

Burkhardt

Henri Guégan

Einbrecher

Ellen Umlauf

Erpresserin

Helge T. Larisch

Einbrecher

Rosl Mayr

Putzfrau

Creative team

Directed by: Wolfgang Becker
Written by: Werner P. Zibaso
Willibald Eser
Produced by: Wolf C. Hartwig

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