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To What Red Hell (1929)

To What Red Hell poster
Directed by
Edwin Greenwood
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British crime story from the early sound era follows characters caught up in a criminal situation. It was one of the first all-talking films made in Britain.

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What happens

To What Red Hell is an all-talking sound 1929 British crime film directed by Edwin Greenwood and starring Sybil Thorndike, Bramwell Fletcher and Janice Adair. Made at Twickenham Studios, it was one of the earliest all-talking sound films to be produced in Britain. It was released in the United States by Tiffany Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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