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Hidden Homicide

Hidden Homicide

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Hidden Homicide

"Murder Wears Three Masks !!!"

1959

1h 10m

5.1(10 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Overview

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

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10 featured cast members

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Griffith Jones

Griffith Jones

Michael Cornforth

Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

Jean Gilson

James Kenney

James Kenney

Oswald Castellan

Bruce Seton

Bruce Seton

Bill Dodd

Peter Carver

Wally Gizzard

Danny Green

Danny Green

Cliff Darby

Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell

Mungo Peddy

Richard Shaw

Wright

Robert Raglan

Robert Raglan

Ashbury

Maya Koumani

Marian Savage

Creative team

Directed by: Anthony Young
Written by: Bill Luckwell
Anthony Young
Produced by: Derek Winn
Bill Luckwell

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