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Crime Over London (1936)

Crime Over London poster
Directed by
Alfred Zeisler
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gang of criminals plots a heist in London. The police race to stop them before they can get away with the money.

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What happens

Crime Over London is a 1936 British crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh and David Burns. It was written by Harold French and Norman Alexander based on the novel House of a Thousand Windows by Ludwig von Wohl. It was made at Isleworth Studios, with sets designed by art director Edward Carrick. Distributed by United Artists in Britain, it was later given an American release by Gaumont British. It was also re-issued in Britain in cut form in 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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