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Calcutta (1947)

Calcutta poster
Directed by
John Farrow
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pilot investigates his friend's murder in postwar Calcutta. He gets caught up in a web of smuggling and danger.

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What happens

Calcutta is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John Farrow, written and produced by Seton I. Miller, and starring Alan Ladd, Gail Russell and William Bendix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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