The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

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The Big Bluff

"Revealing! Startling! Searing!"

1955

1h 10m

5.0(21 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

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11 members

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John Bromfield

Ricardo De Villa

John Bromfield

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Martha Vickers

Valerie Bancroft

Martha Vickers

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Robert Hutton

Dr. Peter Kirk

Robert Hutton

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Rosemarie Stack

Fritzie Darvel

Rosemarie Stack

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Eve Miller

Marsha Jordan

Eve Miller

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Max Palmer

Det. Sgt. John Fullmer

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Eddie Bee

Don Darvel

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Robert Bice

Dr. Tom Harrison

Robert Bice

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Pierre Watkin

Mr. Winthrop

Pierre Watkin

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Mitchell Kowall

Coroner

Mitchell Kowall

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George Conrad

Bell Boy

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