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The Sphinx (1933)

The Sphinx poster
Directed by
Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is accused of a series of murders he did not commit. He must clear his name while the real killer remains at large.

mysteriousold-fashionedatmospherictensestraightforwarddarkclassic

What happens

The Sphinx is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery drama film directed by Phil Rosen. The film was remade by William Beaudine as Phantom Killer in 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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