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At the Villa Rose (1940)

At the Villa Rose poster
Directed by
Walter Summers
Genre
mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French detective investigates a suspicious death at a villa. He gathers clues and questions suspects to find the truth.

old-fashionedmysteriousdeliberatesuspensefullow-keypolitedramatic

What happens

At the Villa Rose (also known as House of Mystery) is a 1940 British detective film directed by Walter Summers and starring Kenneth Kent and Judy Kelly. It was written by Dooreen Montgomery based on the 1920 novel At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason. It features French detective Inspector Hanaud and was the novel's fourth film adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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