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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bernard Girard released in USA on 12 october 1966 with James Coburn
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 october 1966
Length 1h44
Directed by Bernard Girard
OriginUSA
Themes Heist films
Rating58%
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round is a 1966 crime film written and directed by Bernard Girard, starring James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Todd Armstrong, Robert Webber, Rose Marie, and Harrison Ford (in his film debut) as a bellhop.
Synopsis
Con man Eli Kotch (James Coburn) charms his way into a parole by playing on the emotions of a pretty psychologist (Marian McCargo), but drops her at the first opportunity to move around the country, romancing women and then stealing their possessions, or those of their employers. He's made a down payment on the blueprints to a bank at Los Angeles International Airport, but needs to raise $85,000 to complete the purchase.Actors
James Coburn
(Eli Kotch)
Camilla Sparv
(Inger Knudson)
Camilla Sparv
(Inger Knudson)
Aldo Ray
(Eddie Hart)
Nina Wayne
(Frieda Schmid)
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