Death on the Set (1935)

Directed by

Leslie S. Hiscott

Genre

mystery film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film director kills a gangster and impersonates him. He then frames a famous actress for the murder.

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What happens

Death on the Set (also known as Murder on the Set) is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Kendall, Eve Gray, Jeanne Stuart and Wally Patch. Its plot concerns a film director who murders a leading gangster and takes his place, later pinning the killing on a prominent actress. It is also known by the alternative title . The film was a quota quickie produced at Twickenham Studios by Julius Hagen for distribution by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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