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An Occasional Hell
1996
· Movie
· 93 min
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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.
Details
- Director
- Salomé Breziner
- Writers
- Anton Sanko, Randall Silvis
- Based on
- a work by Randall Silvis
- Studio
- First Corps Endeavors
- Released
- 31 October 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- R
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