The Vatican Affair | |
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Directed by | Emilio Miraglia |
Written by | Augusto Caminito Maurizio Costanzo |
Produced by | Pio Angeletti |
Starring | Walter Pidgeon Klaus Kinski Ira von Fürstenberg |
Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti |
Edited by | Marcello Malvestito |
Music by | Luis Bacalov |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Vatican Affair (Italian : A qualsiasi prezzo) is a 1968 Italian crime-action-adventure film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Walter Pidgeon and Klaus Kinski. [1]
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A blind professor organizes a heist of Vatican jewels.
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