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Dead Men Tell No Tales is a film of genre Thriller directed by David MacDonald with Emlyn Williams

Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938)

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Genres Thriller,    Crime
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Dead Men Tell No Tales is a 1938 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar and Hugh Williams. It is based on the 1935 novel The Norwich Victims by Francis Beeding.



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Synopsis

An English schoolteacher wins a French lottery, but on her way to Paris she is murdered and an imposter attempts to claim her prize.

Actors

Emlyn Williams

(Dr. Headlam)Sara Seegar

(Marjorie)Hugh Williams

(Detective Inspector Martin)Marius Goring

(Greening)Lesley Brook

(Elizabeth Orme)
And :
Clive Morton
Hal Gordon
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