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C.O.D. is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Michael Powell with Garry Marsh
C.O.D. (1932)
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Add to a movie listC.O.D. is a 1932 British crime film directed by Michael Powell and starring Garry Marsh, Arthur Stratton and Sybil Grove. A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather.
The film has been declared "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute.
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Peter, entré dans une maison qu'il croit vide pour y trouver à manger, se retrouve face à une jeune femme qui propose de le payer pour qu'il l'aide à se débarrasser du corps de son beau-père, qui gît mort dans la bibliothèque. Après un certain nombre de péripéties, la jeune femme sera innocentée, le coupable démasqué, et le corps enterré comme il se doit.Actors
Garry Marsh
(Peter Craven)
Sybil Grove
(Mrs.Briggs)
Roland Culver
(Edward)
Peter Gawthorne
(Detective)
Cecil Beresford Ramage
(Vyner)
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