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Want to Stay Alive
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Want to Stay Alive

1990-02-24 · 82 min · ★ 7.6

Mystery · Crime · Thriller

Four murders in forty-eight hours happen in Nice. The murderer calls himself "The Exterminator" and the police are unable to catch him. Tom Lepski is an insurance detective and he get involved in the investigation when Liza Mendoza, a famous violinist and a friend, is killed just a few minutes before Tom visit her. After another rich woman killing, Tom finds out that all the victims were members of the exclusive Fifty Club. All of them but Lisa.

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Directors
Claude Bernard-Aubert
Production companies
Candice Productions, CNC
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michael BrandonMichael BrandonTom Lepski
Guy MarchandGuy MarchandOttavioni
Jacques TojaJacques TojaPerrier
Micky SébastianMicky SébastianClementine
Katherine ErhardyKatherine ErhardyLiza Mendoza
Olivia BrunauxOlivia BrunauxMandy
Daniel UbaudDaniel UbaudBinh
Jean-Paul MuelJean-Paul MuelWalbeck
Bernard RistrophBernard RistrophPrefect
Stéphane BonnetJacobi
Gabriele TintiGabriele TintiHampton

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