Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

Directed by

Charles Martin

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy and ruthless businessman is found dead. The film unfolds the story of his rise to power and the people who had reasons to want him gone.

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What happens

Death of a Scoundrel is a 1956 American drama film directed by Charles Martin and starring George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory and Coleen Gray. It was distributed by RKO Pictures. This film and The Falcon's Brother are the only two to feature real-life lookalike brothers George Sanders and Tom Conway, who portray brothers in both pictures. The movie's music is by Max Steiner and the cinematographer is James Wong Howe. Death of a Scoundrel is a fictionalized adaptation of the life and mysterious death of Serge Rubinstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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