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Side Streets (1933)

Side Streets poster
Directed by
Ivar Campbell
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former boxer protects his future mother-in-law from her abusive husband who is trying to blackmail her. The story follows his efforts to save her and keep his fiancée safe.

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What happens

Side Streets is a 1933 British drama film directed by Ivar Campbell. It was made as a quota quickie at Shepperton Studios. The screenplay concerns a retired boxer who saves his fiancée's mother from her blackmailing husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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