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Night Court (1932)

Night Court poster
Directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt night court judge exploits his power to manipulate cases for profit. A young woman gets caught up in his schemes when her husband is framed for a crime.

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What happens

Night Court is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Bayard Veiller and Lenore Coffee. The film stars Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Mary Carlisle. The film was released June 4, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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