Foul Play

Foul Play

1977 · 104 min · ★ 5.1 · Comedy, Drama

A workshop employee decides to take advantage of a long weekend to go to Torremolinos to have fun and chat up foreign tourists.

Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem · Written by Javier Palmero

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