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House of Blackmail is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey with William Sylvester
House of Blackmail (1953)
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Add to a movie listHouse of Blackmail is a 1953 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Mary Germaine, William Sylvester and Alexander Gauge. Its plot follows a soldier and his girlfriend, who become mixed up with a blackmailer.
Actors
William Sylvester
(Jimmy)
Mary Germaine
(Carol Blane)
Alexander Gauge
Denis Shaw
(Bassett)
John Arnatt
(Pete Carter)
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