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Someone at the Door (1950)

Someone at the Door poster
Directed by
Francis Searle
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man home alone gets an unexpected visitor who forces him into a dangerous situation. The story involves mistaken identity and a series of comic twists.

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What happens

Someone at the Door is a 1950 British second feature ('B') crime comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Michael Medwin, Garry Marsh and Yvonne Owen. It was written by A. R. Rawlinson based on the West End play of the same name by Campbell Christie and his wife Dorothy, which had previously been turned into a film in 1936. Filming commenced on Nov. 24, 1949, and it was trade shown in January, 1950, and later released in June, 1950. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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