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The Name of the Game Is Kill
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The Name of the Game Is Kill

DirectorGunnar Hellström

“You can't buy a ticket to see this movie unless ... you sign a pledge not to reveal the surprise shock ending.”

4.6 / 10
1968
84 min
Thriller

A desert family offers a traveling stranger its hospitality, but the stranger doesn't realize exactly what they have in store for him.

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The Name of the Game is Kill 1968 TV trailer

Cast

Jack Lord

Symcha Lipa

Susan Strasberg

Mickey Terry

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Diz Terry

Tisha Sterling

Nan Terry

T.C. Jones

Mrs. Terry

Mort Mills

Sheriff Fred Kendall

L

Lou Lombardo

Julio (uncredited)

M

Marc Desmond

The Doctor

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