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Hands of a Stranger is a film of genre Drama with Armand Assante
Hands of a Stranger (1986)
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Add to a movie listLa nuit tombe sur Manhattan (Hands of a Stranger) est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Larry Elikann, diffusé en 1987.
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Un policier enquête sur le viol de sa femme. Celle-ci lui cache un élément décisif : son agresseur a agi alors qu'elle se trouvait à l'hôtel avec son amant..Actors
Armand Assante
(Joe Hearn)
Blair Brown
(Diane Benton)
Beverly D'Angelo
(Mary Hearn)
Michael Lerner
(Captain Cirillo)
Philip Casnoff
(Marty Loftus)
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