Checkmate

Checkmate

4.8IMDb Score
Released:1935-09-26
Genre:Crime
Duration:67 min
Director:George Pearson
Actors:Felix Aylmer, Evelyn Foster, Maurice Evans, Sally Gray, Donald Wolfit
Production:British & Dominions Film Corporation
Keywords:fence

Overview:

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

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