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Love + Fear = Torment

Love + Fear = Torment

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Love + Fear = Torment

1967

1h 11m

4.3(4 votes)

Crime

Overview

"Love + fear = Torment" exposes the secret world of the French model studios, and the men who try to corrupt them. Mobsters become involved when fifty-thousand dollars worth of uncut gems are stolen. A model studio becomes terrorized as one of the models innocently befriends one of the mobsters.

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8 featured cast members

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Claude Cerval

Claude Cerval

Louie Ricco

Véra Valmont

Véra Valmont

Linda

Michel Vocoret

Michel Vocoret

Mr. Veuillot

Pierre Tissot

Joe Darien

Kim Camba

Kim Veuillot

Jean-Pierre D'Artois

Kriss

Marie-Christine Weill

Milarka Nervi

Nightclub Stripper

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Directed by: Max Pécas
Written by: Max Pécas

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