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Blackout (1950)

Blackout poster
Directed by
Robert S. Baker
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is released from prison and tries to start over, but his past catches up with him. He gets pulled into a robbery that goes wrong in a dark city.

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What happens

Blackout is a 1950 British second feature ('B') crime drama film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Maxwell Reed and Dinah Sheridan. The screenplay was by John Gilling from a story by Carl Nystrom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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