World for Ransom

World for Ransom (1954)

January 31st, 19541h 22min

Drama, Action, Thriller
50%

Overview

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.


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