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Dirty Work is a film of genre Comedy directed by Tom Walls with Gordon Harker
Dirty Work (1934)
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Add to a movie listDirty Work is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare and Basil Sydney. It was based on Dirty Work, one of the Aldwych Farces, by Ben Travers, which had some of the same cast members.
Synopsis
A private detective is hired to protect expensive jewelry.Actors
Gordon Harker
(Nettle)
Lilian Bond
(Evie Wynne)
Basil Sydney
(Hugh Stafford)
Margaretta Scott
(Leonora Stafford)
Cecil Parker
(Gordon Bray)
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