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Face the Music is a British film of genre Drama directed by Terence Fisher released in USA on 29 january 1954 with Alex Nicol
Face the Music (1954)
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Add to a movie listFace the Music (released in the U.S. as The Black Glove) is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Alex Nicol and Eleanor Summerfield.
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Alex Nicol
(James Bradley)
Eleanor Summerfield
(Barbara Quigley)
Paul Carpenter
(Johnny Sutherland)
Geoffrey Keen
(Maurie Green)
Martin Boddey
(Insp. Mulrooney)
Melvyn Hayes
(Hotel Bellhop)
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