Line Engaged (1935)

Directed by

Bernard Mainwaring

Genre

thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman is blackmailed and a murder investigation follows. The story involves phone calls and mistaken identities.

suspensefulold-fashionedtensefast-pacedmysteriousmodestbriskstagey

What happens

Line Engaged is a 1935 British black-and-white thriller film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Bramwell Fletcher, Jane Baxter and Arthur Wontner. It was written by Mainwaring based on the 1934 play by Jack Celestin and Jack De Leon, and was produced by British Lion Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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