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Emergency Call (1933)

Emergency Call poster
Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people in a big city face a series of emergencies. The film follows their struggles as they deal with urgent situations and each other.

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What happens

Emergency Call is a 1933 American pre-Code action film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Houston Branch and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film stars William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone and Betty Furness. The film was released on June 24, 1933 by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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