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Singapore (1947)

Singapore poster
Directed by
John Brahm
Genre
drama film, film noir, war film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to Singapore after World War II to find the woman he loved, who has lost her memory. He tries to rekindle their romance while dealing with criminal threats from the past.

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What happens

Singapore is a 1947 American film noir crime romance film starring Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, and Roland Culver. Directed by John Brahm, the film was remade as Istanbul (1957) with the location moved to Turkey, and Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers in the starring roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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