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Cat and Mouse (1958)

Cat and Mouse poster
Original title
Cat & Mouse
Directed by
Paul Rotha
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A criminal tries to outwit police and accomplices after a heist goes wrong. The film follows the cat and mouse game between the desperate man and his pursuers.

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What happens

Cat & Mouse (also known as Cat and Mouse; U.S. title: The Desperate Men) is a 1958 British second feature ('B') crime drama film directed by Paul Rotha, starring Lee Patterson, Ann Sears and Victor Maddern. The screenplay was by Rotha, based on the 1955 novel Cat and Mouse by John Creasey, writing as Michael Halliday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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