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The Killer (1953)

The Killer poster
Original title
Katil
Directed by
Lütfi Ömer Akad
Genre
adventure film
Country
Turkey
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly put in prison. He breaks out to clear his name and find his missing wife.

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What happens

The Killer (Turkish: Katil) is a 1953 Turkish adventure film directed by Lütfi Akad and starring Ayhan Isik, Gülistan Güzey and Neriman Köksal. The story is about a man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He escapes from prison to prove his innocence and find his wife who he has no news of since being jailed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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