Ordeal

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Ordeal

1973

1h 30m

4.7(10 votes)

Drama

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Overview

Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.

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8 members

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Arthur Hill

Richard Damian

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Diana Muldaur

Kay Damian

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James Stacy

Andy Folsom

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Macdonald Carey

Eliot Frost

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Michael Ansara

Sheriff Peter Geeson

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Arch Whiting

Fred

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Bill Catching

Joe Duncan

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Len Felber

Ralph

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