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The Chinese Puzzle (1919)

The Chinese Puzzle poster
Directed by
Fred Goodwins
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets tangled up in a mysterious puzzle that involves crime and deception. He tries to solve the puzzle while dealing with other characters who have their own secrets.

old-fashionedmysteriousstageddeliberateplot-drivensilent-eraintriguingslow-paced

What happens

The Chinese Puzzle is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Leon M. Lion, Lilian Braithwaite and Milton Rosmer. It was an adaptation of the play The Chinese Puzzle written by Lion and Marion Bower. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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