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The Mask of the Gorilla
The Mask of the Gorilla
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1958
1h 45m
6.1(33 votes)
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Crime

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Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police.

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