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Dark Skies (1929)

Dark Skies poster
Directed by
Harry S. Webb
Genre
crime, romance
Country
United States
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime drama set in a California coastal town. A woman gets caught up in dangerous situations involving local criminals.

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What happens

Dark Skies is a 1929 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald and William V. Mong. Made by the Poverty Row studio Biltmore Productions it was an early low-budget talkie, set in a California coastal community. It featured the hit song "Juanita". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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