Macao

Macao

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1952-04-11
Duration:81 min
Director:Josef von Sternberg
Actors:Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame
Production:RKO Radio Pictures

Overview:

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

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