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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case poster
Directed by
Alfred Edward Green
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets mixed up in a murder investigation. She teams up with a detective to solve the case.

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What happens

The Gracie Allen Murder Case is a 1939 American comedy mystery film taken from the Philo Vance series by writer S.S. Van Dine and directed by Alfred E. Green from a screenplay by Nat Perrin. The film stars the female member of the comedy duo Burns and Allen Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride and Jed Prouty. The film was released on June 2, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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