Night Key (1937)
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Directors
Lloyd Corrigan
Cast
Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Alan Baxter
The story
The inventor of a burglar alarm attempts to get back at the man who stole the profits to his invention (Hinds) before he goes blind. The device is then subverted by gangsters who apply pressure to the inventor and use his device to facilitate burglaries.
Genres
Crime, Sci-Fi, crime film, science fiction film
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