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Checkmate

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A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1935-09-26

Runtime: 67 mins

Director: George Pearson

Spoken language: English

Genres: Crime

Original title: Checkmate

Production Companies: British & Dominions Film Corporation

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
Much better than the average crime caper, this one, and it is odd - and refreshing - to see Donald Wolfit out of his more theatrical guise. An undercover policeman takes up lodgings with a family suspected of involvement in series of jewellery heists. The father "Henry" (Felix Aylmer) is immediately suspicious as he ingratiates himself with one of his daughters and we play a cat-and-mouse game as it appears almost everyone is implicated. It's short and sweet with good performances holding it together.
2022-06-19

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