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Professional Soldier (1935)

Professional Soldier poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
adventure film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier of fortune takes a job to kidnap a king. He discovers the king is a young boy.

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What happens

Professional Soldier is a 1935 American adventure film based on a 1931 story by Damon Runyon, "Gentlemen, the King!" It stars Victor McLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew. The film was directed by Tay Garnett, and produced by Twentieth Century Fox. A soldier of fortune is hired to kidnap a king, only to find the target is a young boy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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