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Someone at the Door (1936)

Someone at the Door poster
Directed by
Herbert Brenon
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 12m
Rated
12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A journalist tries to advance his career by faking a murder story. His plan backfires when an actual killing occurs.

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What happens

Someone at the Door is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, Noah Beery, John Irwin and Edward Chapman. A journalist comes up with a scheme to boost his career by inventing a fake murder but soon becomes embroiled in trouble when a real killing takes place. It is based on a successful West End play by Campbell Christie and his wife Dorothy Christie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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