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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror poster
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

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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