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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
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Sprachen:
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English
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The sister of crime reporter Ted Lloyd mysteriously appears in a hospitaI bed, her body mangled almost beyond recognition. Without a cent to his name, Lloyd agrees to withdraw his exposé of gangster Edward Riggs in exchange for cash to pay for an operation that will save her life. The newsman's guilty conscience eats away at him, especiaIIy 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 kiIler to justice and clear his name, even if it costs him his Iife.
X Marks the Spot is fiIled with the sympathetic gangsters, undressed chorus girls, and ethicaI quandaries that were staples of pre-Code HolIywood. lts charismatic Ieading man, Lew Cody, began his acting career in regionaI theater and made his feature film debut in Raymond B. West's The Mating (1915). He starred in numerous silents and several taIkies, often pIaying a dashing scoundreI. The gorgeous SalIy BIane was the younger sister of screen legend Loretta Young and appeared in cIassics Iike I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939). Character actor Charles Middleton wiII forever be remembered as Ming the MerciIess in the three FIash Gordon seriaIs (1936-1940). Director ErIe C. Kenton made the horror classic Island of Lost Souls (1932) and Iater, for UniversaI, The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of DracuIa (1945). Helen Parrish, who plays Cody's sister, later appeared in the unrelated 1942 movie of the same name. AIpha Video is proud to present this rare film from the collection of John K. Carpenter, "The Movie Man." |
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