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The Villiers Diamond (1938)

The Villiers Diamond poster
Directed by
Bernard Mainwaring
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets hold of a stolen diamond by accident. He then faces threats of scandal because of it.

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What happens

The Villiers Diamond is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch. It was written by David Evans and Ernest Dudley from a story by F. Wyndham Mallock. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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