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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A woman finds herself unwillingly mixed up in a series of murders. At the behest of the district attorney, private detective Duncan MacLain (Kent Taylor) investigates the probability of corruption in high government circles.
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Audiences 57GoodWatch 49
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 3 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 mysteries, −39 min on the typical 102
typical 10263Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Released
1938
October 27, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
MysteryCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Otis Garrett Director
Writing · 2
- Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay
- Baynard Kendrick Novel
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