The Big Knife (1955)

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Jack PalanceCharles CastleIda LupinoMarion CastleWendell CoreySmiley CoyJean HagenConnie BlissRod SteigerStanley Shriner HoffShelley WintersDixie EvansIlka ChasePatty BenedictEverett SloaneNat Danziger

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