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The System (1953)

The System poster
Directed by
Lewis Seiler
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper reporter investigates a murder and uncovers a secret organization that controls a city's gambling rackets. He risks his life to expose the system.

tensesuspensefulgrittyurbannoirishcoldmethodicaldark

What happens

The System is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon and Robert Arthur. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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