The Trygon Factor

The Trygon Factor

When you see this sign - run... run... run for your life!

1966 · 88 min · ★ 6.5 · Crime

A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.

Directed by Cyril Frankel · Written by Derry Quinn

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