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Outside the Law (1930)

Outside the Law poster
Directed by
Tod Browning
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former criminal tries to go straight but gets pulled back into the underworld. He faces betrayal and violent conflicts with rival gangsters.

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What happens

Outside the Law is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Edward G. Robinson. The picture is a remake of the 1920 film of the same name, starring Lon Chaney which was also directed by Browning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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