The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
- Directed by
- T. Hayes Hunter
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A quick-witted man finds himself caught up in a crime investigation alongside a bumbling police force. The story follows his attempts to clear his name while the real culprit remains at large.
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What happens
The Man They Couldn't Arrest is a 1931 British crime film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry Marsh and Dennis Wyndham. It was written by Hunter, Angus MacPhail and Arthur Wimperis based on the 1925 novel of the same title by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small), and was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios in London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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