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The Scapegoat (1959)

The Scapegoat poster
Directed by
Robert Hamer
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man meets his exact double and is tricked into switching identities. He gets caught up in the other man's messy and dangerous personal life.

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What happens

The Scapegoat is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey and Bette Davis. The screenplay was by Hamer and Gore Vidal based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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