Slap the Monster on Page One
Oct 19, 1972 | IMDB 7.6
87 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller
Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his bosses.
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