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Born Reckless (1930)

Born Reckless poster
Directed by
Andrew Bennison, John Ford
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bootlegger tries to go straight after serving in World War I. He faces pressure from both his old criminal associates and the law.

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What happens

Born Reckless is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel Louis Beretti. The film starred Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen and Marguerite Churchill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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