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City of Silent Men (1942)

City of Silent Men poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of ex-convicts try to go straight after being released from prison. One of them gets drawn back into a life of crime.

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What happens

City of Silent Men is a 1942 American crime film directed by William Nigh and written by Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley, Richard Clarke, William Gould and Emmett Lynn. The film was released on October 12, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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