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The Roof (1933)

The Roof poster
Directed by
George A. Cooper
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
58 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime story from 1930s Britain follows a group of people involved in a criminal scheme. The film centers on the efforts to catch those responsible for a robbery.

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What happens

The Roof is a 1933 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Leslie Perrins, Judy Gunn, Russell Thorndike and Michael Hogan. It was written by H. Fowler Mear based on the 1933 novel of the same title by David Whitelaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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