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★ 6 · 1982 · 113m · Romance · Drama · Crime · TV Movie
A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.
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