The Unwritten Law (1929)
- Directed by
- Sinclair Hill
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A short crime film from 1929. It was made in Britain using an early sound system.
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What happens
The Unwritten Law is a 1929 British short crime film directed by Sinclair Hill, and made at Wembley Studios in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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