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Infernal Machine (1933)

Infernal Machine poster
Directed by
Marcel Varnel
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man discovers a bomb planted on an ocean liner. The film follows his race to find and disarm it before the ship sails.

tensesuspensefulfast-pacedshadowypre-codeclaustrophobicgrittynoirish

What happens

Infernal Machine is a 1933 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin and Victor Jory. The film was based on a novel by Karl Sloboda. Released by Fox Film Corporation, the title is sometimes written as The Infernal Machine. After finishing the film Varnel moved to Britain where he became an established director of comedy films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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