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The Silk Express (1933)

The Silk Express poster
Directed by
Ray Enright
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shipment of silk is transported by train while criminals try to steal it. A detective and a woman work together to protect the cargo.

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What happens

The Silk Express is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film, starring Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 10, 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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