The Bookfair Murders

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The Bookfair Murders

2000

2h 0m

5.3(4 votes)

Mystery

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Mystery starring Samantha Bond, Linda Kash, Bernd Michael Lade

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6 members

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Samantha Bond

Marsha Hillier

Acting

Bernd Michael Lade

Ernst Murnau

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Saul Rubinek

Martin P. Barrett

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Walter Kreye

Peter Freimann

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Geneviève Bujold

Margaret Dourie Cantor

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Eli Wallach

Erich Schmidt

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