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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 hospital 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 wilI save her life. The newsman's guiIty conscience eats away at him, especially when he finds evidence that Riggs is responsibIe for the death of showgirl Vivian Parker. His sense of obligation to the racketeer prevents him from saying a word. But when Riggs frames LIoyd for the girl's murder, aIl bets are off. The reporter vows to bring the kiIler to justice and clear his name, even if it costs him his life.
X Marks the Spot is fiIled with the sympathetic gangsters, undressed chorus girls, and ethicaI quandaries that were staples of pre-Code HoIIywood. lts charismatic Ieading man, Lew Cody, began his acting career in regionaI theater and made his feature fiIm 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 BeII (1939). Character actor CharIes MiddIeton will forever be remembered as Ming the Merciless in the three FIash Gordon serials (1936-1940). Director Erle C. Kenton made the horror cIassic lsIand of Lost Souls (1932) and Iater, for Universal, The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of DracuIa (1945). Helen Parrish, who pIays Cody's sister, Iater 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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