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The World Gone Mad (1933)

The World Gone Mad poster
Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reporter takes on a corrupt city official. He uncovers a web of crime and political cover-ups.

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What happens

The World Gone Mad (also released as The Public Be Hanged) is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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