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Pah Wongso Tersangka (1941)

Pah Wongso Tersangka poster
Genre
detective film
Country
Dutch East Indies

How it feels

A social worker named Pah Wongso becomes a suspect in a crime. He must find the real culprit to prove his own innocence.

lightheartedplayfulcomicmysteriousnostalgicbriskwhimsicalsuspenseful

What happens

Pah Wongso Tersangka (Indonesian for Pah Wongso Becomes a Suspect), also known under the Dutch title Pah Wongso Keert Terug (Pah Wongso Returns), is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies directed by Wu Tsun for Star Film. Saeroen's first work for the company, it is a sequel to the 1940 detective film Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman, and stars the social worker L. V. Wijnhamer, Jr (better known as Pah Wongso) as a man who comes under suspicion and must clear his name. This possibly-lost film was styled as a comedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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