The Ghost

The Ghost

2008 · 145 min · ★ 5.8 · Thriller, Crime

A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder.

Directed by Karen Oganesyan · Written by Oleg Malovichko

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