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Matinee Idol is a British film directed by George King with Camilla Horn
Matinee Idol (1933)
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Add to a movie listMatinee Idol is a 1933 British crime film directed by George King and starring Camilla Horn, Miles Mander and Marguerite Allan. A young actress is suspected of murder when a matinee idol she had prevented seducing her sister is found dead.
Actors
Camilla Horn
(Sonia Vance)
Miles Mander
(Harley Travers)
Viola Keats
(Gladys Wheeler)
John Turnbull
(Inspector North)
Barry Livesey
(Bert)
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