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Condemned to Death (1932)

Condemned to Death poster
Directed by
Walter Forde
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His wife and a friend try to prove his innocence before the execution.

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What happens

Condemned to Death is a 1932 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker. It was adapted by H. Fowler Mear, Bernard Merivale and Brock Williams from the 1931 play Jack O'Lantern by James Dawson which was itself based on the 1929 novel by George Goodchild. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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