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Mr. Satan is a British film of genre Drama directed by Arthur B. Woods with James Stephenson
Mr. Satan (1938)
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Add to a movie listMr. Satan is a 1938 British spy thriller, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring James Stephenson and Chili Bouchier. Unlike a majority of Woods' quota quickie productions of the 1930s which are believed lost, this film survives in the British Film Institute National Archive.
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News correspondent Tim Garnett (Stephenson) and his photographer Connelly (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher) have been on assignment in a country on the edge of revolution. At the airport as they wait to leave, Connelly snaps a throwaway shot of an attractive woman boarding a plane. When the photograph is developed, they realise that the woman's male companion is Emile Zubova (Franklin Dyall), a notorious illegal arms dealer who had recently been reported as having committed suicide while on the run from agents wishing to track him down.Actors
James Stephenson
(Tim Garnett)
Chili Bouchier
(Jacqueline Manet)
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
(Connelly)
Franklin Dyall
(Billy)
Patricia Medina
(A Girl)
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, 1h18Directed by Arthur B. Woods
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, 1h12Directed by Arthur B. Woods
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, 1h39Directed by Richard Thorpe, Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
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Actors Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks, Robert Newton, Googie Withers
Rating61%
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, 1h24Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
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Rating69%
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