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The Echo Murders (1945)

The Echo Murders poster
Directed by
John Harlow
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders in a small town. The case leads him to uncover secrets among the local residents.

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What happens

The Echo Murders is a 1945 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar and Dennis Price. It was written by Harlow based on the story "The Terror of Tregarwith" by Hector Hawton (as John Sylvester). It was one of two films directed by Harlow in which Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being Meet Sexton Blake (1945). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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