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High Finance (1933)

High Finance poster
Directed by
George King
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man's achievements start to weigh on him heavily. The story follows his struggle with the consequences of becoming too successful.

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What happens

High Finance is a 1933 British drama film directed by George King and starring Gibb McLaughlin and Ida Lupino. It was marketed as "the drama of a man overwhelmed by his own success". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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