The Dictator's Guns

The Dictator's Guns

1965 · 103 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, Crime

An experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.

Directed by Claude Sautet

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