To Kill a Stranger

Year: 1986

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

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After arriving in a Latin American country ruled by a military dictator to join her TV‑reporter husband, Cristina Carver is in a car crash and brings wounded Colonel Kostik home. When he tries to rape and kill her, she kills him in self‑defense, hides the body and covers it, while her husband tries to protect her as a local detective investigates.

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