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Send 'em Back Half Dead (1933)

Send 'em Back Half Dead poster
Original title
Send 'Em Back Half Dead
Directed by
Redd Davis
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
45 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of characters go on a wild adventure reminiscent of an American jungle film. The story pokes fun at that movie with exaggerated comedy.

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What happens

Send 'em Back Half Dead is a 1933 comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Nelson Keys, Polly Luce and Ben Welden. It is intended as a parody of the American film Bring 'Em Back Alive, released the previous year. It was made at Blattner Studios, Elstree, as a quota quickie for distribution by Fox Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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