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Dark Streets (1929)

Dark Streets poster
Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective goes undercover to infiltrate a criminal gang. He takes on a secret double identity to catch the criminals.

grittymoodytensenoirishsuspensefulmelodramaticquick-paced

What happens

Dark Streets is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code crime film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Jack Mulhall and Lila Lee. The film was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. Mulhall purportedly plays the first dual role attempted in talking pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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