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The Girl from Chicago is a american film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Micheaux released in USA on 14 march 1932 with Juano Hernández
The Girl from Chicago (1932)
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Add to a movie listThe Girl from Chicago is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African American cast to include lead actor Carl Mahon. The story concerns a Federal agent who falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and the film follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer, played by Juano Hernández.
Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featuring a largely non-professional cast, is known as one of the better-quality Micheaux productions. As is common in Micheaux's film, the story line is padded with several musical numbers, offering a glimpse of African American musical and dancing talent of the time.
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Un agent fédéral se retrouve affecté au Mississippi, où il tombe amoureux d'une jeune femme. Il l'aide à échapper à un voyou local, et ils sont impliqués dans l'assassinat d'un racketteur cubain à Harlem.Actors
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