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Blind Alley is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Vidor released in USA on 11 may 1939 with Chester Morris
Blind Alley (1939)
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Add to a movie listBlind Alley is a 1939 crime drama film directed by Charles Vidor.
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Chester Morris plays a prison escapee who hides out with his gang in the home of a noted psychologist, played by Ralph Bellamy. Though a prisoner, the doctor begins delving into his captor's psyche.Actors
Chester Morris
(Hal Wilson)
Ralph Bellamy
(Dr. Shelby)
Ann Dvorak
(Mary)
Joan Perry
(Linda Curtis)
Melville Cooper
(George Curtis)
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