This Freedom to Have... Wet Wings
Genres
Overview
A writer attempts to blackmail a publisher into printing his latest book
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
1971-09-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
1
Femi Benussi
Miriam
Rita Calderoni
Silvia
Mark Damon
Pierre
Piero Mazzinghi
Miriam
Franco Silva
Robin
Rosita Torosh
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