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The Chinese Puzzle (1932)

The Chinese Puzzle poster
Directed by
Guy Newall
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder that may be linked to a Chinese puzzle box. The film follows the police as they question suspects in a country house.

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What happens

The Chinese Puzzle is a 1932 British crime film directed by Guy Newall and starring Leon M. Lion, Austin Trevor, Lilian Braithwaite, Elizabeth Allan and Francis L. Sullivan. It was written by H. Fowler Mear based on the play The Chinese Puzzle by Frances Barclay, Marian Bower and Lion, which had previously been filmed as The Chinese Puzzle in 1919. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London by the independent producer Julius Hagen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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