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The Drake Case (1929)

The Drake Case poster
Directed by
Edward Laemmle
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
54 min
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 1929 mystery film following detectives investigating a suspicious death. The story involves suspects and clues in a classic whodunit format.

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What happens

The Drake Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by J.G. Hawks, Charles Logue and Dudley Early. The film stars Gladys Brockwell, Forrest Stanley, Robert Frazer, and Doris Lloyd. The film was released on September 1, 1929, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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