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About 1983 film by Irvin Kershner
Genres action, spy
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Starring Sean Connery, Rowan Atkinson, Kim Basinger, Max von Sydow, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Ronald Pickup
Music Michel Legrand
Runtime 134 min
Country United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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