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Buddy Buddy
UNITED STATES · 1981

Buddy Buddy

Billy Wilder
contract killing witness protection marital infidelity suicide prevention organized crime
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Synopsis

During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.

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