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The Narrow Corner (1933)

The Narrow Corner poster
Directed by
Alfred Edward Green
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man fleeing a scandal travels to a remote island in the South Seas. There he gets caught up in a love triangle and must confront his past.

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What happens

The Narrow Corner is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy. It is an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's 1932 novel The Narrow Corner. It was remade in 1936 as Isle of Fury. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert M. Haas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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