The Telephone Bar

The Telephone Bar

1980 · 93 min · ★ 5.9 · Action, Crime, Thriller

A gangster (Daniel Duval) incurs the wrath of the patriarch of a well-established crime family.

Directed by Claude Barrois · Written by Claude Néron

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