Dead Men are Dangerous (1939)
- Original title
- Dead Men Are Dangerous
- Directed by
- Harold French
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An unsuccessful writer is wrongly accused of a murder. He tries to clear his name while staying one step ahead of the police.
tensesuspensefulbleakgrittynoirishfast-pacedcorruptparanoid
What happens
Dead Men are Dangerous (U.S. title: Dangerous Masquerade) is a 1939 British noir crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. It was written by Victor Kendall, Vernon J. Clancey and Harry Hughes based on the story "Hidden" by H.C. Armstrong, and produced as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios. Its plot concerns an unsuccessful writer who is wrongly accused of a murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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