The Million Dollar Countdown | |
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Directed by | Mario Caiano |
Written by | Sandro Continenza Arturo Marcos |
Starring | Frank Wolff Rossella Como |
Cinematography | Julio Ortas |
Music by | Ángel Oliver |
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The Million Dollar Countdown (Spanish : El gran golpe de Niza, Italian : Per favore... non sparate col cannone, also known as L'assalto al centro nucleare) is a 1967 Spanish-Italian criminal comedy film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Frank Wolff. [1] [2]
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