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The Rough and the Smooth is a British film of genre Drama directed by Robert Siodmak released in USA on 6 december 1961 with Nadja Tiller
The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 december 1961
Length 1h36
Directed by Robert Siodmak
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating60%
The Rough and the Smooth (alternative title: Portrait of a Sinner) is a 1959 British drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix and Edward Chapman. An archaeologist has an affair with a German woman putting his engagement to another woman in jeopardy. It was based on a novel by Robin Maugham.
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Un archéologue tombe amoureux d'une étrange jeune fille.Actors
Nadja Tiller
(Ila Hansen)
Tony Britton
(Mike Thompson)
William Bendix
(Reg Barker)
Norman Wooland
(David Fraser)
Natasha Parry
(Margaret Goreham)
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