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Dead Men Are Dangerous is a film of genre Noir directed by Harold French with Robert Newton
Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)
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Add to a movie listDead Men are Dangerous is a 1939 British crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. Its plot concerns an unsuccessful writer who is wrongly accused of a murder.
Actors
Robert Newton
(Aylmer Franklyn)
Peter Gawthorne
(Conray)
Merle Tottenham
(Gladys)
John Turnbull
(Inspector Roberts)
Aubrey Mallalieu
(Coroner)
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