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When London Sleeps (1932)

When London Sleeps poster
Directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Genre
adventure film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime drama set in 1930s London. A gang of criminals plots a daring heist as police detectives close in.

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What happens

When London Sleeps is a 1932 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Beaumont and René Ray. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was written by H. Fowler Mear and Bernard Merivale based on the play of the same title by Charles Darrell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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