Dead Run (1967)

Director
Christian-Jaque

Main cast
Peter Lawford; Ira von Fürstenberg; Horst Frank; Werner Peters; Wolfgang Preiss

Genres
Thriller, Comedy

Description
A thief gets hold of some top secret papers and is chased around Europe by the sinister Organisation.


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