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Doss House (1933)

Doss House poster
Directed by
John Baxter
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
53 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A day in the life of a cheap lodging house for homeless men. The film follows the residents and staff as they go about their routines and interact with each other.

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What happens

Doss House is a 1933 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It was written by Herbert Ayres and made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie. In 1941 Baxter remade the film as The Common Touch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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