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The Child and the Killer (1960)

The Child and the Killer poster
Directed by
Max Varnel
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small boy witnesses a murder and becomes a target for the killer. A woman tries to protect the child from the dangerous man hunting him.

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What happens

The Child and the Killer (also known as The Man in the Shadows) is a 1959 British low-budget second-feature crime film directed by Max Varnel and starring Patricia Driscoll and Robert Arden. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by the Danzigers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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