The Double McGuffin
It’s all about getting away with murder!
1979 · 1h 41m · PG
Mystery
Directed by
Joe Camp
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Joe Camp Director
- Ernest Borgnine as Firat
- George Kennedy as Chief Talasek
- Elke Sommer as Prime Minister Kura
- Lisa Whelchel as Jody
- Vincent Spano as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
- Lori Lively as Michelle Carter (as Lori Lynn Lively)
- Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
- Ed Jones as Assassin #1
- Lyle Alzado as Assassin #2
- Michael Gerard as Arthur
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