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The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)

The Man Who Cried Wolf poster
Directed by
Lewis R. Foster
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man repeatedly fakes medical emergencies to get attention. When a real crime happens, no one believes him.

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What happens

The Man Who Cried Wolf is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Lewis R. Foster to a screenplay by Charles Grayson from Arthur Rohlsfel's story Too Clever to Live. The film featured Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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