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The Last Curtain (1937)

The Last Curtain poster
Directed by
David MacDonald
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy crime film set in the theater world. A group of characters get tangled up in a mystery involving a death on stage. The story follows their efforts to clear their names and find the real culprit.

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What happens

The Last Curtain is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Campbell Gullan, Kenne Duncan and Greta Gynt. It was written by Derek B. Mayne and A. R. Rawlinson, and made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie. The film's sets were designed by John Bryan. It was the first film for comedy actor Joss Ambler who went on to star with such comedy stalwarts as George Formby and Will Hay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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