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Criminal (1932)

Criminal poster
Original title
Criminel
Directed by
Jack Forrester
Genre
prison film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man goes to prison after a crime. He faces harsh conditions and has to navigate dangerous relationships inside the system.

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What happens

Criminal (French: Criminel) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Jack Forrester and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Alcover and Jean Servais. It is a remake of the 1930 America film The Criminal Code by Howard Hawks, itself based on a 1929 play of the same title by Martin Flavin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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