Snowbound

Mar 23, 1948

1h 25m

★ 5.9

Seven of the world's most dangerous people...

Overview

Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Gainsborough Pictures

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Snowbound Trailers

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Cast

Neil Blair

Dennis Price

Joe Wesson

Stanley Holloway

Stefano Valdini

Marcel Dalio

Gilbert Mayne

Guy Middleton

Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos

Herbert Lom

Derek Engles

Robert Newton

Aldo, innkeeper

Willy Fueter

Carla Rometta, alias Comtessa Forelli

Mila Parély

Italian Girl

Zena Marshall

Emilia

Catherina Ferraz

Mancini

Richard Molinas

Commissionaire

Gilbert Davis

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