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Rating

5.0/10

Release1979

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Movie

The Double McGuffin

1979

1h 41m

5.0

Mystery

Synopsis

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.

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