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27 Hours with the Dead
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27 Hours with the Dead

1982-01-22 · 113 min · ★ 5.8

Drama · Horror

A man risks experimenting with a cataleptic effects pill that seeks faking his death and then returned from the grave to take its own life insurance. But something happens and things do not go as he planned.

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Directors
Jairo Pinilla
Production companies
Sonofilms
Countries
Colombia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Júlio del MarMario
Yvonne Maritza GómezMaritza
Ana María Hurtado
Julio César LunaJulio César Luna
Eduardo López
Francisco Vergara

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