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The Price of a Song (1935)

The Price of a Song poster
Directed by
Michael Powell
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man faces trouble after writing a song that becomes evidence in a crime. A lawyer and a woman get involved as the song threatens to reveal a dangerous secret.

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What happens

The Price of a Song is a lost 1935 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Campbell Gullan, Marjorie Corbett and Gerald Fielding. It was written by Michael Barringer from a story by Anthony Gittins and is one of 23 quota quickies Powell directed between 1931 and 1936. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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