Behind That Curtain (1929)
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Directors
Irving Cummings
Cast
Warner Baxter
The story
In London, fortune hunter Eric Durand is romancing the wealthy Sir George Mannering's niece Eve. He murders the solicitor who is hired by Mannering to investigate him and, marrying Eve, takes her to British India. Eve realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her old family friend, explorer Colonel John Beetham, who takes her away on his latest expedition.
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mystery film
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