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Murder Without Crime (1951)

Murder Without Crime poster
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man accidentally kills someone during a fight and tries to cover it up. His secret unravels as he is haunted by guilt and the threat of exposure.

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What happens

Murder Without Crime is a 1950 British crime film directed by J. Lee Thompson (his first film, credited as J. Lee-Thompson) and starring Dennis Price, Derek Farr and Patricia Plunkett. J. Lee Thompson also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his successful West End play of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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