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Lady Killer (1933)

Lady Killer poster
Directed by
Roy Del Ruth
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small-time crook rises through the criminal underworld. He gets involved in a series of double crosses and romantic entanglements in a big city.

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What happens

Lady Killer is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film starring James Cagney, Mae Clarke, and Margaret Lindsay, based on the story "The Finger Man" by Rosalind Keating Shaffer. The picture was directed by Roy Del Ruth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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