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In the Wake of a Stranger(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-06-30
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Time: 1h 9m
Scotland Yard's Weirdest Murder Case!
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An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman who sets romantic sparks flying.
Languages: English.
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United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Crescent Pictures
Movie: In the Wake of a Stranger
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Tony Wright
Tom Cassidy
Shirley Eaton
Joyce Edwards
Danny Green
Barnes
Willoughby Goddard
Shafto
Harry H. Corbett
McCabe
Tom Bowman
Spike
Vanda Godsell
Hetty McCabe
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An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman who sets romantic sparks flying.
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1959-06-30
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Scotland Yard's Weirdest Murder Case!
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