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Manslaughter (1930)

Manslaughter poster
Directed by
George Abbott
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy socialite causes a fatal accident and faces a trial. The film follows her legal ordeal and the consequences of her actions.

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What happens

Manslaughter is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic Manslaughter. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as The Indictment, directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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