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Climbing High (1938)

Climbing High poster
Directed by
Carol Reed
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets caught up in a series of misunderstandings and adventures. She juggles the affections of two very different men while trying to make a living in London.

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What happens

Climbing High is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Michael Balcon with a screenplay by Sonnie Hale, Marion Dix and Lesser Samuels. It stars Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison, Margaret Vyner and Alistair Sim, and was first released in the U.K. in November 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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