''Counterplot'' is a 1959

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directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Richard Blake. The film stars

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, Gerald Milton, Jackie Wayne, Richard Verney and

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. The film was released in October 1959, by

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. It was the final film directed by the German-born Neumann.

Plot

Cast

as Brock Miller *

as Connie Lane *Gerald Milton as Bergmann *Jackie Wayne as Manuel *Richard Verney as Ben Murdock *

as Spargo *Rita Tanno as Girl *Ulises Brenes as Nibley *Edmundo Rivera Álvarez as Alfred *Guardo Albani as Police Chief *Charles Gibb as Steve MacGregor *Yvonne Peck as Maid *Art Bedard as Dugan * Raúl Dávila as Messenger

References

External links

* 1959 films United Artists films American crime drama films 1959 crime drama films Films directed by Kurt Neumann Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-drama-film-stub