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Companions in Crime (1954)

Companions in Crime poster
Directed by
John Krish
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective works two separate crime cases. The film follows him as he investigates a pair of brothers and a stolen black falcon.

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What happens

Companions in Crime (also known as Stryker Strikes Twice) is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Krish and starring Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge and Kenneth Haigh. It was written by Kenneth Hayles, Patricia Lathan and Lester Powell, as a spin-off from the television series Stryker of the Yard, and features two cases originally transmitted as separate episodes: "The Case of the Two Brothers" and "The Case of the Black Falcon". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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