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The Crouching Beast (1935)

The Crouching Beast poster
Directed by
Victor Hanbury
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British war thriller set during conflict. It follows people caught in dangerous circumstances. The story involves espionage and personal risk.

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What happens

The Crouching Beast is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was written by L. du Garde Peach based on the 1928 novel The Crouching Beast by Valentine Williams. The film was distributed by the Hollywood studio RKO Pictures in order to fulfil its British quota. However it was considerably more expensive than many of the quota quickies produced by American companies during the era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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