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The Game That Kills is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. Ross Lederman released in USA on 21 september 1937 with Julie Bishop

The Game That Kills (1937)

The Game That Kills
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Released in USA 21 september 1937
Length 55minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating59% 2.955212.955212.955212.955212.95521

The Game That Kills est un film américain réalisé par D. Ross Lederman, sorti en 1937.

Synopsis

Tom Ferguson, vedette de l'équipe de hockey des «Indians» est tué au cours d'un match, lors d'un accident avec ses coéquipiers Dick Adams et Bill Drake. Convaincu que cet accident cache en fait autre chose, le frère du joueur, Alec Ferguson, se rend à New York pour découvrir la vérité sur l'affaire. Sous l'identité de Steve Moreau, il parvient à intégrer l'équipe. Alec découvre bientôt une sombre histoire de paris...

Actors

Julie Bishop
Rita Hayworth

(Betty Holland)Charles Quigley

(Alex Ferguson)J. Farrell MacDonald

(Joe Holland)John Gallaudet

(Sam Erskine)
And :
Paul Fix
Arthur Loft
John Tyrrell
Dick Wessel
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