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Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)

Dark Streets of Cairo poster
Directed by
László Kardos
Genre
drama film, crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
59 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Jewel smugglers in Cairo frame a kidnapped baron for their crimes. A group of people tries to uncover the truth before the baron takes the blame.

mysterioussuspensefulnoirishfast-pacedintriguingold-fashionedtense

What happens

Dark Streets of Cairo is a 1940 American mystery film directed by László Kardos and starring Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco and Katherine DeMille. The central plot of the film concerns " [A group of] jewel smugglers in Cairo [who] try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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