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Menace (1934)

Menace poster
Original title
When London Sleeps
Directed by
Adrian Brunel
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police inspector hunts a gang of criminals who are threatening London with bombs. He works to stop their plot before they carry out their plan.

tensesuspensefuldarkgrittymodestnoir-ishquick-paced

What happens

Menace (also known as Sabotage; U.S. title: When London Sleeps) is a 1934 British crime film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Victor Varconi, Joan Maude and D. A. Clarke-Smith. It was written by Varconi, A. R. Rawlinson and Heinrich Fraenkel, and was made as quota quickie at Shepperton Studios by the Sound City production company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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