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Double Confession (1950)

Double Confession poster
Directed by
Ken Annakin
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is suspected of murdering his wife. He sets up a false confession to mislead the police. But the ruse backfires and puts him in deeper danger.

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What happens

Double Confession is a 1950 British crime film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, William Hartnell and Peter Lorre. The screenplay by William Templeton is based on the 1949 novel All On A Summer's Day by H.L.V. Fletcher (under the pen name John Garden). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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