Secret File: Hollywood

Secret File: Hollywood

Daringly takes you behind the studio gates!!!

1962 · 85 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

A private eye (Robert Clarke) takes pictures for the publishers (Francine York, Syd Mason) of a scandal magazine.

Directed by Rudolph Cusumano · Written by Jack Lewis

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