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Three Silent Men (1940)

Three Silent Men poster
Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pacifist surgeon operates to save the inventor of a deadly weapon. The inventor dies, and the surgeon becomes the prime suspect.

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What happens

Three Silent Men is a 1940 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc and Arthur Hambling. It was written by Jack Byrd and Dudley Leslie. The screenplay concerns a pacifist surgeon who must operate to save the life of the inventor of a deadly weapon of war. When the inventor dies the surgeon becomes the prime suspect. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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