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A Lovely Way to Die (1968)

A Lovely Way to Die poster
Directed by
David Lowell Rich
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer quits his job and guards the wife of a wealthy man. When her husband is killed, he works to prove she did not murder him.

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What happens

A Lovely Way to Die is a 1968 American crime neo noir directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach and Kenneth Haigh. A police officer resigns from the force and becomes a bodyguard to the wife of a wealthy man. When her husband is found dead, he tries to clear her of murder. The film marks the film debut of Ali MacGraw in a walk-on role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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