Number 17
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| Republic Pictures Home Video | Release Date: July 18, 1932 |
Summary:
A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
Genre(s):
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Runtime:
66 min
There are occasional flourishes that testify to the director's ingenuity and ability - Expressionist lighting, faces looming over spiral staircases, hats blown off in the wind - and Hitch throws in plenty of knockabout English humour, but the plotting is half-baked and the special effects are so crude that they make the back projection in Marnie look like the last word in verisimilitude.
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Like the play, the story is vague and, despite its intended eerieness, unconvincing. [02 Aug 1932, p.17]
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