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The Clean Up (1929)

The Clean Up poster
Directed by
Bernard F. McEveety
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A newspaper reporter and a police officer team up to fight crime in a corrupt city. They work together to get rid of the criminals.

straightforwardpurposefulearnestslow-pacedmelodramaticdatedserious

What happens

The Clean Up is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring Charles Delaney, Betty Blake and Bruce Gordon. A newspaperman and a cop join forces to clean up a city of its criminal elements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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