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Wolf of New York (1940)

Wolf of New York poster
Directed by
William C. McGann
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former attorney becomes a prosecutor in New York City. He goes after a ruthless gangster syndicate using the law.

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What happens

Wolf of New York is a 1940 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Gordon Kahn and Lionel Houser. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Demarest and Maurice Murphy. The film was released on January 23, 1940, by Republic Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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