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Sol Madrid (1968)

Sol Madrid poster
Directed by
Brian G. Hutton
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An undercover agent works to bring down a drug trafficking ring. He faces dangerous criminals and double crosses while operating in Mexico.

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What happens

Sol Madrid is a 1968 American action film directed by Brian G. Hutton and filmed in Acapulco. Based on the 1965 novel Fruit of the Poppy by Robert Wilder, it was released in the UK as The Heroin Gang and in Australia as The Secret File of Sol Madrid. The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalbán with John Cassavetes being replaced by Rip Torn prior to filming. It was the final film of Paul Lukas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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