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24 Hours (1931)

24 Hours poster
Directed by
Marion Gering
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An alcoholic married man is accused of murdering the woman he was having an affair with. The story unfolds over a 24 hour period from one evening to the next.

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What happens

24 Hours is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins and Regis Toomey. It was based on the novel Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield and the play Shattered Glass by Will D. Lengle and Lew Levenson. In the film, an alcoholic married man is accused of murdering the woman with whom he has been carrying on an affair. The title comes from the fact that the film takes place from 11 pm one night to the same time the following night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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