Man Killer (1933)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Genres - Drama, Culture & Society, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Jun 10, 1933 (USA), Jul 6, 1933 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 67 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Romance throws a spanner into the works of a con game in this light drama. Donald Free (William Powell) is a private detective whose career in on the skids. Dan Hogan (Arthur Holh) is another, less scrupulous shamus who persuades Free to help him frame Janet Reynolds (Margaret Lindsay), a wealthy woman with a taste for gambling living in Paris. Free goes along with the scheme, but things become complicated when he begins falling in love with her.
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agent [representative], con/scam, detective, employment, frame-up, gambling, help, investigator, killing, love, marriage, privacy, private-detective, romance, seduction, undercover