The Brotherhood of the Bell

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The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

1h 40m

6.0(13 votes)

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Overview

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Glenn Ford

Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson

Rosemary Forsyth

Vivian Masters Patterson

Dean Jagger

Chad Harmon

Maurice Evans

Harry Masters

Will Geer

Mike Patterson

Eduard Franz

Dr. Konstantin Horvathy

William Conrad

Bart Harris

Robert Pine

Phillip Dunning

William Smithers

Dr. Jerry Fielder

Logan Field

Thaddeus Burns

Creative team

Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Written by: David Karp
Produced by: David Karp

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