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The Briggs Family (1940)

The Briggs Family poster
Directed by
Herbert Mason
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British family gets caught up in crime when the father is wrongly accused of theft. The story follows their struggle to clear his name and restore their reputation.

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What happens

The Briggs Family is a 1940 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. It was written by Brock Williams and John Dighton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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