The Fatal Hour (1940)
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Directors
William Nigh
Cast
Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Trowbridge
The story
The body of policeman Dan Grady is recovered in the San Francisco Bay lifeless and with clear indications of an execution. His good friend Captain Street, very touched by the tragedy, asks for the help of Mr. Wong and the journalist Bobbie Logan to solve the mystery.
Genres
Crime, crime film, drama film
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