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Play Murder for Me (1990)

Play Murder for Me poster
Directed by
Héctor Olivera
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a dangerous situation involving a woman and a crime. He has to navigate lies and threats to survive.

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What happens

Play Murder for Me, also known as Negra medianoche ("Midnight Black" in English), is a 1990 Argentine-American crime drama film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Jack Wagner, Tracy Scoggins, William Paul Burns, Rodolfo Ranni and Gerardo Romano. It was the last film in a series of 10 features that Roger Corman coproduced in Argentina in the mid-to-late 1980s. The screenplay was written by José Pablo Feinmann, with additional dialogue credited to Daryl Haney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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