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Throbs at the Desk (1963)

Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call the doctor to examine her. He realizes her lies but he covers her. Soon, they fall in love and eventually get married. However, after the honeymoon she begins to yearn school and her classmates and she returns to it without saying anything to her husband. Soon, her husband begins to suspect her because of her frequent absences from home and her secret meetings with the professor seem to confirm his suspicions.

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Top billed cast

Aliki VougiouklakiLiza Petrovasili
Dimitris PapamichaelProf. Dimitris Papadopoulos
Dionysis PapagiannopoulosMr. Nikiteas
Labros KonstadarasLeonidas Petrovasilis
Joly GarbiTasia
Thodoros MoridisMr. Oikonomidis
Kaiti LambropoulouKaiti Nikolaou
Despoina NikolaidouRoula Gravani
Ketty PanouEleni Petrovasili
Giorgos KonstantinouGiannis Lavdas

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