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Prison Breaker (1936)

Prison Breaker poster
Directed by
Adrian Brunel
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British secret service agent gets assigned to a case and falls for the daughter of a criminal. The story follows their relationship as he tries to balance his duty and his feelings.

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What happens

Prison Breaker is a 1936 British crime drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring James Mason, Wally Patch, Marguerite Allan and George Merritt. The film was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace; its plot concerns a British secret service agent who falls in love with the daughter of a criminal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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