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Behind the Curtain (1924)

Behind the Curtain poster
Directed by
Chester M. Franklin
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent crime mystery from 1924. A detective investigates a crime based on a story by an actual former FBI director.

mysterioussuspensefulold-fashionedseriousshadowycerebralslow-burnintriguing

What happens

Behind the Curtain is a 1924 American silent mystery crime film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Lucille Ricksen, John Harron and Winifred Bryson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was based on a story by William J. Flynn, a former Director of the Bureau of Investigation. A print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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