Death and the Compass
Aug 05, 1992 | IMDB 5.8
86 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller, TV Movie
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)
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