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Blackmail is a american film of genre Drama directed by H. C. Potter released in USA on 8 september 1939 with Edward G. Robinson

Blackmail (1939)

Blackmail
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Released in USA 8 september 1939
Length 1h21
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating66% 3.344443.344443.344443.344443.34444

Blackmail is a 1939 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson and was directed by H.C. Potter.

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John Ingram is a very successful oil-field firefighter and a family man. All is going so well, he's even bought his own oil well in hope of striking it rich. His greatest fears are realized, however, when a man, William Ramey, from his secret past sees Ingram in a newsreel and shows up looking for a job.

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