Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Directed by

George King

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A detective investigates a criminal mastermind known as the Hooded Terror. The story involves a mystery in a London square and leads to a confrontation.

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What happens

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. It was written by A.R. Rawlinson based on '"The Mystery of No 13. Caversham Square'' by Pierre Quiroule. The film, which has been described as the best in the Blake series of 1930s movies, was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective Sexton Blake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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