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Doublecross is a British film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Squire with Anton Diffring

Doublecross (1956)

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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating60% 3.049383.049383.049383.049383.04938

'Doublecross' is a 1956 British crime film directed by Anthony Squire and starring Donald Houston, Fay Compton and William Hartnell. It was also known as Queer Fish.



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Synopsis

A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.

Actors

Anton Diffring

(Dmitri Krassin)
Donald Houston

(Albert Pascoe)
Fay Compton

(Alice Pascoe)
Allan Cuthbertson

(Clifford)
Delphi Lawrence

(Anna Krassin)
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