Falling Point

Falling Point

1970 · 87 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime

Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive...

Directed by Robert Hossein · Written by Claude Desailly

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