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The Love Lottery
The Love Lottery
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1954
1h 29m
5.1(22 votes)
Comedy

Overview

Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.

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