Once Upon a Dead Man

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Once Upon a Dead Man

1971

1h 35m

7.0(2 votes)

Mystery

TV Movie

Overview

The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.

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16 members

Acting

Rock Hudson

Stewart McMillan

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Susan Saint James

Sally McMillan

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Jack Albertson

Chief Andrew Yeakel

Acting

René Auberjonois

Andre Stryker

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Kurt Kasznar

Edmond Corday

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Jonathan Harris

Mr. Wortzel

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Herb Edelman

Gregory Constantine

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John Schuck

Sgt. Charles Enright

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James Wainwright

John Patterson

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Lilyan Chauvin

Madame Jarnac

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Linda Watkins

Emily Hull

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Frank Orsatti

Dewhawk

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Stacy Keach, Sr.

Dr. Hinton

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Gretchen Kanne

Ann

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Jerry Harper

George

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Gerald Hiken

Etienne Jacoby

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