A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

2005•1h 45m•4.9/10

ActionCrimeDramaThriller

Ratings

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4.9/10(7)

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...

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Production

Cine Studio Filmes

Language

PT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim de Almeida

Rafael

Vanessa Machado

Verônica

Filipe Duarte

Filipe Duarte

Engenheiro

Ivo Canelas

Ivo Canelas

Brocas

Miguel Borges

Miguel Borges

Metralha

Margarida Marinho

Margarida Marinho

Isabel

Cristina Cunha

Cristina Cunha

Filipa, Rafael's partner

João Lagarto

João Lagarto

Castro Ferraz

Almeno Gonçalves

Almeno Gonçalves

Piteira

Inês Costa

Inês Costa

Maria, Rafael's daughter

Orlando Costa

Orlando Costa

Pai Metralha

Raquel Maria

Raquel Maria

Mãe Metralha

Sandra Cóias

Sandra Cóias

Marlene

António Melo

António Melo

policeman

Joaquim Nicolau

Joaquim Nicolau

PJ expert

João Maria Pinto

João Maria Pinto

client Tamila

Sofia Reis

Sofia Reis

stewardess

Fernando Lupach

Fernando Lupach

Caixa Branco

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