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Alive on Saturday (1957)

Alive on Saturday poster
Directed by
Alfred Travers
Runtime
58 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets mixed up in a case of mistaken identity and a hidden stash of money. He tries to clear his name while dodging crooks and the police.

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What happens

Alive on Saturday is a 1957 lost British second feature ('B') black-and-white comedy-thriller film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Guy Middleton, Patricia Owens and Geoffrey Goodhart. It was written by Brandon Fleming. The film was made in 1954 but not released until 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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