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Black Orchid (1953)

Black Orchid poster
Directed by
Charles Saunders
Genre
drama film, crime film, mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
58 min
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor is suspected in his wife's death. This suspicion clears the way for a new marriage to his sister-in-law.

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What happens

Black Orchid is a 1953 British B mystery film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes and John Bentley. It was written by Francis Edge, John Temple-Smith and Maurice Temple-Smith. In the film, a physician is implicated in the death of his wife, which allows him to marry her sister. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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