

Venetian Bird
1952-10-01 · 94 min · ★ 6.2
Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
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- Directors
- Ralph Thomas
- Production companies
- British Film-Makers
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Richard ToddEdward Mercer
Eva BartokAdriana Medova
John GregsonRenzo Uccello
George CoulourisChief of Police Spadoni
Margot GrahameRosa Melitus
Walter RillaCount Boria
John BaileyLieutenant Longo
Sidney JamesBernardo
Martin BoddeyGufo
Michael BalfourMoretto
Sydney TaflerBoldesca
Miles MallesonGrespi
Eric PohlmannGostini
David HurstMinelli
Raymond YoungLuigi
Ferdy MayneTio
Eileen WayWoman DetectiveTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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