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Justice Takes a Holiday (1933)

Justice Takes a Holiday poster
Directed by
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Genre
crime, drama, romance
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper reporter investigates a series of crimes in a city where law enforcement has broken down. He works to expose the criminals while trying to protect innocent people caught in the chaos.

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What happens

Justice Takes a Holiday is a 1933 American crime film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by John T. Neville. The film stars H. B. Warner, Patricia O'Brien, John Ince, Matty Kemp, Huntley Gordon, Audrey Ferris and Robert Frazer. The film was released on April 18, 1933, by Mayfair Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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