Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
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Directors
George King
Cast
Tod Slaughter
The story
A villain murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia (by hammering a tent peg into his ear as he sleeps) and assumes his identity in order to inherit his estate in England. On arriving in England, he schemes to marry an heiress for her money. With the connivance of the enigmatic Dr.
Genres
crime film, drama film
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