The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

Revealing! Startling! Searing!

1955 · 70 min · ★ 5.1 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

Directed by W. Lee Wilder · Written by Fred Freiberger

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