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Death Croons the Blues (1937)

Death Croons the Blues poster
Directed by
David MacDonald
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A singer is involved in a criminal case. The film follows a detective trying to solve the crime.

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What happens

Death Croons the Blues is a 1937 British crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Hugh Wakefield, Antoinette Cellier and George Hayes. The film was made at Twickenham Studios by the producer Julius Hagen whose ownership of the company was about to be ended due to financial problems. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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