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City Girl (1938)

City Girl poster
Directed by
Alfred L. Werker
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets caught up in a criminal world after she moves to the city. She faces danger and manipulation from the men she encounters.

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What happens

City Girl is a 1938 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler and Esther Muir. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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