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Murder on the Second Floor is a film of genre Thriller directed by William C. McGann with John Longden
Murder on the Second Floor (1932)
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Murder on the Second Floor is a 1932 British thriller film directed by William C. McGann and starring Pat Peterson, John Longden and Sydney Fairbrother. A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants. It was based on a play with the same name by Frank Vosper.
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