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L'homme à abattre (1937)

L'homme à abattre poster
Original title
L'Homme à abattre
Directed by
Léon Mathot
Genre
thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a web of espionage and danger. Spies and secrets lead to a race against time.

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What happens

A Man to Kill (French: L'Homme à abattre) is a 1937 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Jean Murat, Jules Berry and Viviane Romance. It was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was the third in a series of four films, followed by Captain Benoît in 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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