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Deathtrap

Summary: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.
Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: PG

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 19,282,134
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