Operation Odessa
★ 7.2 · 2018 · 92m · Documentary
The stranger-than-fiction true story of a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy who teamed up in the early '90s to sell a Soviet submarine to the Cali Cartel.
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Drugs Are Like That
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2020 · ★ 7.2
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