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Murder Will Out (1930)

Murder Will Out poster
Directed by
Clarence G. Badger
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveler stumbles into a mystery involving a secret code and a hidden crime. He teams up with a woman to solve the puzzle before the wrong person is blamed.

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What happens

Murder Will Out is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film with songs produced and released by First National Pictures and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The movie stars Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee and features Noah Beery and Malcolm McGregor. The film was based on the short story The Purple Hieroglyph by Murray Leinster writing as Will F. Jenkins, which was published in Snappy Stories on March 1, 1920. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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