Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
★ 10 · 1998 · 93m · Thriller · TV Movie · Crime
A private detective is hired in the USA to locate the heiress to a fortune worth millions. When he discovers that she has died of a heroin overdose, he passes off an accomplice as the person he is looking for. But suddenly others also come forward to claim the inheritance.
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