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The Dark Hour (1936)

Directed by Charles Lamont

Crime | Mystery

Overview

A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim’s own family.

Rated NR | Length 64 minutes

Actors

Ray Walker | Berton Churchill | Irene Ware | Hobart Bosworth | Hedda Hopper | E.E. Clive | Harold Goodwin | William V. Mong | Michael Mark | John St. Polis | Miki Morita | Aggie Herring

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
11/22/2023PhoneStreamingVideo on Demand5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

The file uploaded to Archive.org is as tho someone scanned an old 16mm film to digital with all the pops and hiss included.

The final 8 minutes has more reveals than most murder mysteries twice as long. Also TIL crossdressing was illegal in in the 1930s.

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