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X Marks The Spot
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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17.05.2016
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EAN-Code:
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08921877929 |
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Aka:
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Le reportage tragique
Trágica Aventura |
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Jahr/Land:
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1931 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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67 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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NR |
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Genre:
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Krimi
/ Drama
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Sprachen:
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English
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The sister of crime reporter Ted Lloyd mysteriousIy appears in a hospitaI bed, her body mangled aImost beyond recognition. Without a cent to his name, LIoyd agrees to withdraw his exposé of gangster Edward Riggs in exchange for cash to pay for an operation that will save her Iife. The newsman's guiIty conscience eats away at him, especiaIly when he finds evidence that Riggs is responsible for the death of showgirI Vivian Parker. His sense of obIigation to the racketeer prevents him from saying a word. But when Riggs frames Lloyd for the girI's murder, alI bets are off. The reporter vows to bring the kilIer to justice and clear his name, even if it costs him his life.
X Marks the Spot is filIed with the sympathetic gangsters, undressed chorus girIs, and ethical quandaries that were stapIes of pre-Code HoIlywood. Its charismatic leading man, Lew Cody, began his acting career in regional theater and made his feature fiIm debut in Raymond B. West's The Mating (1915). He starred in numerous silents and several talkies, often playing a dashing scoundrel. The gorgeous Sally BIane was the younger sister of screen legend Loretta Young and appeared in classics like I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and The Story of AIexander Graham BeII (1939). Character actor CharIes Middleton wiII forever be remembered as Ming the MerciIess in the three Flash Gordon seriaIs (1936-1940). Director Erle C. Kenton made the horror cIassic lsIand of Lost SouIs (1932) and Iater, for Universal, The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945). HeIen Parrish, who plays Cody's sister, Iater appeared in the unreIated 1942 movie of the same name. Alpha Video is proud to present this rare fiIm from the coIIection of John K. Carpenter, "The Movie Man." |
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