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Tip on a Dead Jockey

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Plane to Madrid ... and the fearful cargo it carried !

1957•1h 38m•6.6/10
CrimeDrama

Ratings

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6.6/10(8)

Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Lloyd Tredman

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

Phyllis Tredman

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Toto del Aro

Martin Gabel

Martin Gabel

Bert Smith

Gia Scala

Gia Scala

Paquita Heldon

Jack Lord

Jack Lord

Jimmy Heldon

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

J.R. Nichols

Joyce Jameson

Joyce Jameson

Sue Fan Finley

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Shields

Wilton Graff

Wilton Graff

Phyllis's Father

Jimmy Murphy

Jimmy Murphy

Alfredo Soriano

La Chunga

La Chunga

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