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Ticket of Leave (1936)

Ticket of Leave poster
Directed by
Michael Hankinson
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is released from prison on a ticket of leave. He tries to go straight but gets drawn back into criminal activity.

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What happens

Ticket of Leave is a 1936 British crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Dorothy Boyd, John Clements and George Merritt. It was made as a quota quickie at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The title refers to the ticket of leave given to prisoners when they were released from jail. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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