Stand by · pulling the latest frames
1947 · 1h 13m
A struggling writer becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when his publisher is found dead in a manner mirroring one of the writer's proposed mystery storylines.
5.1
Score
11 votes
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“HE SMILED AT MURDER!”
8 credited
Chester Morris
Jeffrey Andrews
Constance Dowling
Evelyn Green
Steven Geray
Lloyd Harrison
James Bell
Det. Lt. Fred Applegate
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