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Dangerous Afternoon (1961)

Dangerous Afternoon poster
Directed by
Charles Saunders
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
59 min
Rated
U
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A trio of women run a boarding house. They are threatened by a dangerous former employee who returns demanding money.

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What happens

Dangerous Afternoon is a 1961 British 'B' crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ruth Dunning and Nora Nicholson. The screenplay was by Brandon Fleming based on the 1951 play of the same title by Gerald Anstruther. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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