The Cartier Affair
★ 4.7 · 1984 · 94m · TV Movie · Comedy · Crime · Romance
Curt Taylor is a convict and owes Phil Drexler the number 1 convict in the prison. Now to settle his debt Drexler sends Curt to be the secretary for Cartier Rand so that he can steal her jewels. But he falls in love with her, which complicates things.
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