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The Girl in the Crowd is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Michael Powell with Patricia Hilliard
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Girl in the Crowd is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Michael Powell starring Barry Clifton, Patricia Hilliard and Googie Withers.
The film has been declared "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute.
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The wife of a bookseller gives advice about picking up woman to her husband's friend (whom she has never met) over the phone. She advises him simply to follow the first pretty woman he sees. Unfortunately, when he takes her advice, she is the girl in the crowd he ends up following, leading to his arrest.Actors
Patricia Hilliard
(Marian)
Googie Withers
(Sally)
Harold French
(Bob)
John Wood
(Harry)
Patric Knowles
(Tom Burrows)
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