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Dirty Work (1934)

Dirty Work poster
Directed by
Tom Walls
Genre
comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of clumsy people get involved in a crime caper. Their attempts to solve things lead to a series of mishaps and mistaken identities.

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What happens

Dirty Work is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare and Basil Sydney. It was based on Dirty Work, one of the Aldwych Farces, by Ben Travers, which had some of the same cast members. The film was made at the Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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