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Man from Headquarters (1942)

Man from Headquarters poster
Original title
Man From Headquarters
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective from headquarters investigates a murder case. He works through a web of suspects and clues to find the killer.

fast-pacedsuspensefulnoir-tingedgrittytenseformulaic

What happens

Man from Headquarters is a 1942 American crime film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by John W. Krafft, Rollo Lloyd and Edmond Kelso. The film stars Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, Dick Elliott, Byron Foulger, John Maxwell and Robert Kellard. The film was released on January 23, 1942, by Monogram Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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