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Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

He Doesn't Trust Anyone... Especially Women!

NR 1946 · 100 min · ★ 6.9 · Crime, Mystery

War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.

Directed by John Cromwell · Written by Oliver H.P. Garrett

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