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Five Dolls for an August Moon is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Mario Bava released in USA on 25 november 1970 with William Berger
Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
5 bambole per la luna d'agosto
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Add to a movie listFive Dolls for an August Moon (Italian: 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava. It concerns a group of people who have gathered on a remote island for fun and relaxation. One of the guests is a chemist who has created a revolutionary new chemical process, and several of the attending industrialists are eager to buy it from him. Business problems become moot when someone begins killing off the attendees one by one.
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At the private island retreat of wealthy industrialist George Stark (Teodor Corrà), a group of people have assembled for a weekend getaway. Among the guests is Professor Gerry Farrell (William Berger), a scientist badly in need of a vacation. The first night passes uneventfully, but Farrell is enraged the next morning to discover that Stark and several of the guests planned the weekend to coerce him to sell his latest invention: a formula for industrial resin.Actors
William Berger
(Prof. Gerry Farrell)
Edwige Fenech
(Marie Chaney)
Howard Ross
(Jack Davidson)
Ely Galleani
(Isabel)
Helena Ronee
(Peggy Davidson)
Maurice Poli
(Nick Chaney)
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