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Crime on the Hill is a film of genre Crime directed by Bernard Vorhaus with Sally Blane
Crime on the Hill (1933)
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Add to a movie listCrime on the Hill is a 1933 British mystery film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Sally Blane, Nigel Playfair and Lewis Casson. The plot was based on a successful play by Jack de Leon and Jack Celestin. It was made by British International Pictures at Welwyn Studios in autumn 1933.
Synopsis
A man tries to clear the name of his uncle who is wrongly convicted of a murdering the squire in a picturesque English village.Actors
Sally Blane
(Sylvia Kennett)
Anthony Bushell
(Tony Fields)
Judy Kelly
(Alice Green)
George Merritt
(Insp. Wolf)
Hal Gordon
(Sgt. Granger)
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