Spin a Dark Web

Spin a Dark Web

SHE'LL ENSNARE YOU WITH HER KISSES...ENTRAP YOU IN HER CRIMES!

NR 1956 · 76 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime, Drama

A boxer and war-time Telephone Engineer (Lee Patterson) is lured into a murder cover-up plot by a scheming woman ( Faith Domergue).

Directed by Vernon Sewell · Written by Ian Stuart Black

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