
The Lucky One
1968-01-01 · 80 min · ★ 7.5
A countryman arrives in Athens to make it big and becomes a millionaire overnight. However, a duo of swindlers has set their sights on getting their hands on his fortune. Will he discover the hard way that more money means more problems?
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- Directors
- Errikos Thalassinos
- Production companies
- Th. Damaskinos & V. Michaelides
- Countries
- Greece
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kostas HatzihristosThymios Kabourlas
Nikos RizosStavros
Nikos FermasStamatis
Elsa RizouAnthoula
Spyros Konstadopoulospresident of village
Christos KalavrouzosKitsos
Giorgos OikonomouMitros
Miranta ZafiropoulouSuzanna
Giorgos TzifosThymios' boss
Dimitri Karystinosbodyguard#1
Notis Pitsilos
Apostolos Souglakosbodyguard#2
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