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Hell is Sold Out (1951)

Hell is Sold Out poster
Original title
Hell Is Sold Out
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns from the dead and tries to reclaim his old life. He faces complications with the people who moved on without him.

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What happens

Hell Is Sold Out is a 1951 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom and Richard Attenborough. The film was written by Guy Morgan and Moie Charles, from an adaptation by Nick Salamon of the 1947 novel Satan Refuse du Monde by Maurice Dekobra. It was the first producing credit from Raymond Stross. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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