Possibility Zero

Possibility Zero

1969 · 95 min · ★ 6.4 · Action, Drama, War

Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where the Germans have taken a crashed Spitfire that contains a new radar system that the krauts want to copy.

Directed by Maurizio Lucidi · Written by Dario Argento

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