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Private Detective 62 is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 10 june 1933 with William Powell

Private Detective 62 (1933)

Private Detective 62
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Released in USA 10 june 1933
Length 1h6
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Crime
Rating66% 3.341043.341043.341043.341043.34104

Private Detective 62 is a 1933 American Pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell. It is a film about a private detective who falls for the beautiful gambling lady he has been hired to frame in a scandal.

Synopsis

In France, United States State Department employee Donald Free (William Powell) is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported. Back in the US, Free has a hard time finding another job due to the Great Depression. Free convinces Dan Hogan (Arthur Hohl), the crooked and incompentent owner of the Peerless Detective Agency to partner with him. Without Free's knowledge, Hogan becomes financed with gangster Tony Bandor (Gordon Westcott) and business booms.

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