Once Upon a Dead Man

7.0/1019711h 35mReleased

MysteryTV Movie

The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.

Released: Sep 17, 1971

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Rock Hudson

Stewart McMillan

Susan Saint James

Sally McMillan

Jack Albertson

Chief Andrew Yeakel

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