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For Love Or Murder

1970-10-01 · 90 min · ★ 3.6

Thriller

A wealthy, eccentric chemical company owner sends his woman to get an American writer to take a mind control drug, Kemek, to verify its potential. She accomplishes her mission, but falls totally in love with the writer. The chemical magnate, satisfied with the results of the test, rewards her with murder, just as she is about to flee to Naples with her new lover. Her ex-husband and a private detective track the killer behind it all to a remote hideaway to unravel the solution.

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Directors
Theodore Gershuny
Production companies
GHM Production
Countries
Germany, Canada
Status
Released
Budget
USD 900,000

Top Cast

Alexandra StewartAlexandra StewartMarisa Love
David HedisonDavid HedisonNick Burns
Mary WoronovMary WoronovMary Wonderly
Helmuth SchneiderHelmuth SchneiderPaul
Herbert WeißbachGeismer
Robert WoldersRobert WoldersSebastian
Chuck MitchellChuck MitchellDetective
Suzanne Wolders
Paula StewartPaula Stewart

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