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The Gables Mystery (1938)
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Add to a movie listThe Gables Mystery is a 1938 British crime film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Francis L. Sullivan, Antoinette Cellier and Leslie Perrins. It is an adaptation of the play The Man at Six by Jack Celestin and Jack DeLeon.
Synopsis
Police are called to investigate a murder at a country house named The Gables where they find a number of strange characters living.Actors
Francis L. Sullivan
(Power)
Antoinette Cellier
(Helen Vane)
Jerry Verno
(Potts)
Aubrey Mallalieu
(Sir James Rider)
Laura Wright
(Mrs Mullins)
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