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Jondor locks the girls in the guestroom. To make things more "sporting", he tosses Tony a pistol and says they will find ammunition in the "Tree of Death." There, they find just one bullet. Tony runs off with it, leaving Johnny and Pete to fend for themselves. When Tony attempts to shoot
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155:68 minutes
139:1961-09-13
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587:in 2001.
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