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Directed by | Alberto Cardone |
Produced by | Ugo Guerra and Elio Scardamaglia |
Cinematography | Mario Pacheco |
Music by | Michele Lacerenza |
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven (Italian : Kidnapping! Paga o uccidiamo tuo figlio, also known as 20.000 dollari sporchi di sangue) is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Brett Halsey. [1]
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