Michel Constantin

Michel Constantin

Born: July 13, 1924
Died: August 29, 2003
in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Michel Constantin (born Constantin Hokhloff, 13 July 1924 – 29 August 2003) was a French film actor.

Born to a Russian father and a Polish mother in Billancourt (near Paris), Constantin made his first film appearance in 1956. His first credited role was in the prison breakout drama Le Trou (aka The Hole) in 1960.

Source: Article "Michel Constantin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Jukebox
Title: Jukebox
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2020
Type: Movie
In the mid-1950s, Denis Pantis, the son of Greek immigrants, became obsessed with rock ’n’ roll. His dream was to be the next Elvis, but instead he became Quebec’s most important record producer of the 1960s. Jukebox looks back on the career of “the king of the 45.” A new generation of stars, producers, musicians and lyricists emerged alongside him, establishing an independent recording industry unparalleled anywhere in the world.
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Ville à vendre
Title: Ville à vendre
Character: Docteur Bernier
Released: February 26, 1992
Type: Movie
A man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He teams up with the victim's vulgar assistant to try to solve the mystery.
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Title: Big Man
Character: Xavier Baudin
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: TV
The renowned Insurance International Co. has created an enquiry network, headed by detective Jack Clementi, to defend itself against insurance fraud. Jack has saved the company enormous amounts of money throughout his successful investigations and his bosses are more than willing put up with his brusque manners, his disconcerting frankness, and his intolerance for any form of company bureaucracy. Yet he is a big guy with a huge heart.
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La loi sauvage
Title: La loi sauvage
Character: Victor Molini
Released: May 5, 1988
Type: Movie
A man escapes from prison, and leads in his run the woman of his life.
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La Baston
Title: La Baston
Character: Raoul
Released: August 7, 1985
Type: Movie
After doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his son is mortally ill and in desperate need of expensive medical help, René can't refuse the offer to crack a safe in a villa. What René and his pals don't know is that they serve as a decoy for criminals who have much bigger plans. Can he escape from the police?
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Le Deuxième Couteau
Title: Le Deuxième Couteau
Character: Commissaire Bartillot
Released: May 22, 1985
Type: Movie
The entire Parisian literary scene is in turmoil: Sandra, a renowned author, has just been found strangled. Her murder is the subject of much speculation in her entourage, and some are tempted to conduct the investigation alone. All the more so as Commissioner Bartillot is obviously more sensitive to the charms of a suspect than to those of the case.
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The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Title: The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Character: Le directeur du cinéma
Released: January 23, 1985
Type: Movie
Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a particular characteristic: the perpetrator, dubbed the "telephone killer" always strangles his female victims with a telephone cord.
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The Vultures
Title: The Vultures
Character: Adjudant Édouard Mahuzard
Released: March 28, 1984
Type: Movie
April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
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Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Title: Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Character: Secutor Flavien Magister
Released: October 6, 1982
Type: Movie
In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.
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Shot Pattern
Title: Shot Pattern
Character: Alexandre Gagnon
Released: September 21, 1982
Type: Movie
A Paris flea market vendor is transformed into a vigilante after his fiancée is murdered by three vicious thugs on a commuter train. As the revenge-minded young man tracks the killers, a veteran police inspector leads a parallel investigation.
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Fear in the City
Title: Fear in the City
Character: Don Vincenzo Talascio
Released: November 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Gianni Manera writes, directs and stars in this violent U.S. based story of Mafia members and Black gangsters fighting for turf.
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Signé Furax
Title: Signé Furax
Character: Grougnache
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
Title: Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
Character: Steff
Released: December 20, 1978
Type: Movie
Julien, a small thief on the run, to be housed and fed visually in prison, robbed a large jewelry store. Against all expectations, the coup succeeds. Julien finds himself in possession of high-value jewelry that is impossible to sell. Lolotte, his companion who had left him, returns opportunely for better or for worse. Julien, along with Steff, a taxi driver met by chance, Charlotte and Clotilde sets out to find a concealer.
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The Inglorious Bastards
Title: The Inglorious Bastards
Character: Veronique
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.
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Title: Les Diamants du Président
Character: Georges Lancier
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: TV
Georges Lancier is a former mercenary for hire. After he retires from business, he gets trapped in a complex conspiracy involving a diamond heist, international financiers, and struggle for political power in an imaginary African country.
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Sahara Cross
Title: Sahara Cross
Character: Carl Mank
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: Movie
Jean Bellard and Carl Mank, two Western engineers supported by Hamid are in search of a terrorist group that murdered their colleague in the Tunisian desert.
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Beyond Fear
Title: Beyond Fear
Character: Guilloux
Released: September 23, 1975
Type: Movie
A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angering the kidnappers to the point where they might hurt or kill them.
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The Track
Title: The Track
Character: Le capitaine Nimier
Released: May 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Somewhere in rural France, a young English female tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. After she manages to escape, a party of local hunters agree to track her in order to cover up the scandal.
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No Pockets in a Shroud
Title: No Pockets in a Shroud
Character: Culli
Released: October 25, 1974
Type: Movie
In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
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The Beast
Title: The Beast
Character: Sandro Colautti
Released: August 12, 1974
Type: Movie
An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.
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OK Patron
Title: OK Patron
Character: Mario
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
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OK Patron
Title: OK Patron
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
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Man in the Trunk
Title: Man in the Trunk
Character: Capt. Augier
Released: October 12, 1973
Type: Movie
A beautiful and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise, gets involved with an Israeli agent working in Libya. The agent is exposed and in order to save his life, he has to be smuggled out of the country in a trunk ("valise"). Francoise and the agent get through a lot of turbulent adventures, in the process of which the thoroughly liberated young woman also seduces a Libyan agent and an Egyptian officer, who also fall wildly in love with here.
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Special Killers
Title: Special Killers
Character: Inspector Palma
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim. Sandro and Tiffany are looking for the woman on the photo, Laura. They finds her in a Night Club in Rome...
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Le Mataf
Title: Le Mataf
Character: Bernard Solville
Released: June 14, 1973
Type: Movie
When intruders interfere in the robbery of Le Mataf (Michel Constantin) and his gang and a girl is murdered, they are set up for blackmail by an underworld figure who wants them to do a job for him...
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Killing in the Sun
Title: Killing in the Sun
Character: Marius Fantoni, dit "Fanto"
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.
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The Outside Man
Title: The Outside Man
Character: Antoine
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: Movie
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
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The Pariah
Title: The Pariah
Character: Xavier Saratov, frère de Georgia, ami de Roberto
Released: December 12, 1972
Type: Movie
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
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The Big Shots
Title: The Big Shots
Character: Weiss
Released: October 31, 1972
Type: Movie
Thia and Murelli, who live from car stunt shows, make ends meet by carrying out small burglaries.
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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There Once Was a Cop
Title: There Once Was a Cop
Character: Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
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The Lion's Share
Title: The Lion's Share
Character: Inspector Michel Grazzi
Released: September 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A writer is reunited with an old childhood friend, who gives him the opportunity to devise a heist.
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Troubleshooters
Title: Troubleshooters
Character: Michel
Released: April 7, 1971
Type: Movie
The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. On the other hand the police inspector who arrested him offers him protection on condition he gives him the same piece of information. Serge refuses and is about to be tortured by Varèse's henchmen when Michel, a friendly hood, comes to his rescue. His friendship will result in... a heap of corpses! —Guy Bellinger
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Cold Sweat
Title: Cold Sweat
Character: Whitey
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.
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The Cop
Title: The Cop
Character: Viletti
Released: October 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent action feature finds the harried inspector battling his colleagues as much as the criminal element targeted for extermination.
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Violent City
Title: Violent City
Character: Killain
Released: September 17, 1970
Type: Movie
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.
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Vertigo For A Killer
Title: Vertigo For A Killer
Character: René
Released: August 5, 1970
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre Desagnat's Vertige pour un tueur involves Marc as a hood hunted down by his boss when he fails to execute a man who happens to be his friend. He is hidden by a woman whose husband has murdered his business associate and wants Marc to take the rap for the crime.
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Only the Cool
Title: Only the Cool
Character: Coster
Released: June 3, 1970
Type: Movie
A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this espionage drama. Dominique is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique hides out on a boat while the police investigate the murders, and international spies scramble to recover some missing microfilm. Helen is the spy boss who orders a hit man to go after Dominique.
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Last Known Address
Title: Last Known Address
Character: Greg, the henchman
Released: February 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
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The Comeuppance
Title: The Comeuppance
Character: Gilani
Released: January 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Philippe, Théo and Bob share the same cell in the prison of La Santé. Philippe, a young student, known as "Sciences-Po", is planning revenge against those who sent him to prison. He offers his two fellow prisoners, seasoned mobsters, to help him recover an important document from a diamond dealer in Le Havre. This paper would rehabilitate his father, his two comrades being able to keep the diamonds contained in the safe... But the coup does not go as planned.
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A Very Curious Girl
Title: A Very Curious Girl
Character: André
Released: December 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her.
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The Strangers
Title: The Strangers
Character: Chamoun
Released: June 11, 1969
Type: Movie
A violent and ruthless bank robber hides out from the police scouring the countryside for him in the home of a couple living far out in the desert. But the couple not only know who he is, they have secrets of their own and are just as ruthless.
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The Southern Star
Title: The Southern Star
Character: Jose
Released: March 4, 1969
Type: Movie
Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
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Pillaged
Title: Pillaged
Character: Georges
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
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Dirty Heroes
Title: Dirty Heroes
Character: Sgt Rudolph Petrowsky
Released: September 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
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Jerk in Istanbul
Title: Jerk in Istanbul
Character: Vincent
Released: July 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Vincent And Gregoire have just won a lot a money. The latter wants the whole pile and flies away to Turkey where he meets a compatriot, Appoline, and her boss Samos.
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Law of Survival
Title: Law of Survival
Character: Stan
Released: April 19, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend's tomb. In Ajaccio, he meets Helene, who she rescues from her kidnappers, who take advantage of her "charms" in a house of ill reputation. They hide then somewhere in the mountains, where they are pursued by the Corsican mobsters...
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Le Deuxième Souffle
Title: Le Deuxième Souffle
Character: Alban, protecteur de Manouche
Released: November 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
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Let's Not Get Angry
Title: Let's Not Get Angry
Character: Jeff
Released: April 20, 1966
Type: Movie
One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.
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The Wise Guys
Title: The Wise Guys
Character: Skida
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger...
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Les Gorilles
Title: Les Gorilles
Character: Otto, the legionnaire (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1964
Type: Movie
A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
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Maigret Sees Red
Title: Maigret Sees Red
Character: Cicero
Released: September 18, 1963
Type: Movie
Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the witness...
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Law of Men
Title: Law of Men
Released: July 4, 1962
Type: Movie
After a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female journalist who specialises in criminology, and who he suspects may have had a role in the heist.
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A Man Named Rocca
Title: A Man Named Rocca
Character: Le chef des racketteurs américains
Released: November 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto sets out to seduce Villanova's mistress, but when Villanova is killed, Roberto ends up leader of the band...
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Le Trou
Title: Le Trou
Character: Geo Cassine
Released: March 18, 1960
Type: Movie
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV