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The Lonely Profession (1969)
Private investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. When they meet, Gordon and Mendaros hit it off and check in at a motel. Gordon wakes up the next morning and discovers that Mendaros had been murdered during the night. Gordon opens his own investigation of Mendaros' past in an attempt to determine who killed Mendaros and why he's been set up as the fall guy.
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Private investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. When they meet, Gordon and Mendaros hit it off and check in at a motel. Gordon wakes up the next morning and discovers that Mendaros had been murdered during the night. Gordon opens his own investigation of Mendaros' past in an attempt to determine who killed Mendaros and why he's been set up as the fall guy.
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Genre:Crime
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In Theaters:10/21/1969
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Universal Television, Universal/Public Arts Production
Cast
Douglas Heyes
Director
Harry Guardino
Leo Gordon
Dean Jagger
Charles Van Cleve
Barbara McNair
Donna Travers
Joseph Cotten
Martin Bannister
Ina Balin
Karen Menardos
Dina Merrill
Beatrice Savarona
Jack Carter
Freddie Farber
Troy Donahue
Julian Thatcher
Stephen McNally
Lt. Joseph Webber
Fernando Lamas
Dominic Savarona
Kermit Murdock
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