Twenty Plus Two

Twenty Plus Two

20 Mysterious Clues... Plus 2 Beautiful Women!

NR 1961 · 102 min · ★ 6.8 · Mystery, Thriller

A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress?

Directed by Joseph M. Newman · Written by Frank Gruber

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