Underplayed Gems

Mystère à Shanghai (1950)

Mystère à Shanghai poster
Directed by
Roger Blanc
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of people in Shanghai become entangled in a crime. A detective investigates what happened during a specific night.

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What happens

Mystery in Shanghai (French: Mystère à Shanghai) is a 1950 French crime film directed by Roger Blanc and starring Paul Bernard, Hélène Perdrière and Maurice Teynac. It is based on the novel La Nuit du 12 au 13 by Stanislas-André Steeman. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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