

An Occasional Hell
1996-10-31 · 93 min · ★ 3.6
A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
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- Directors
- Salomé Breziner
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- First Corps Endeavors
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Tom BerengerDr. Ernest Dewalt
Valeria GolinoElizabeth Laughton
Kari WührerJeri Gillen
Robert DaviTrooper Larry Abbott
Richard EdsonRodney Gillen
Stephen LangAlex Laughton
Danny ComdenCraig Fox
Ellen GreeneDella
Geoffrey LewisDraper Jewett
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