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

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

An unsuccessful writer is wrongly accused of a murder. He tries to clear his name while staying one step ahead of the police.

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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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