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Strongly influenced by the German cinema of the 1920s, director Roland West created America's first expressionist crime film - a stylish thriller that presaged the rise of film noir. Chester Morris stars as Chick Williams, a Prohibition gangster who rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, Williams falls under suspicion and the detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques to pin the crime on him. This edition uses a restored soundtrack which had been recorded on disc and edited in a primitive manner. Though some surface noise, distortion, and level fluctuations remain, improvement &
Release Date: 9/4/2007
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$26.95 Generally ships in 14-21 days
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