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Counterplot (1959)

Counterplot poster
Directed by
Kurt Neumann
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets pulled into a criminal scheme in Puerto Rico. He must navigate dangerous characters to survive.

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What happens

Counterplot is a 1959 American film noir crime film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Richard Blake. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton, Jackie Wayne, Richard Verney and Miguel Ángel Álvarez. The film was released in October 1959, by United Artists. It was the final film directed by the German-born Neumann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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