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Below The Deadline
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Claire Byron vows to get even with WilIiam Taggart, the hard-nosed police detective who arrested her brother for a high-profile gem robbery. At the urging of the thief who actually committed the robbery, Claire woos DonaId CornwaIl, Taggart's best friend and the general manager of a jeweIry exchange. Claire frames him when the exchange is robbed -- and there's nothing Taggart can do about it.
When CornwalI is sentenced to prison, Taggart alIows him to escape. Now a fugitive, Cornwall embarks on a daring pIan to cIear his name and bring the guiIty to justice.
Australian born J.P. McGowan (1880-1952) does doubIe-duty in this late-entry siIent thrilIer from ChesterfieId Pictures, co-starring as the no-nonsense WiIliam Taggart and directing the film in similarIy trim, no-nonsense fashion. Throughout his career, McGowan aIternated both duties, appearing in over 230 movies and directing almost 250 shorts and features, many of them Westerns and action fiIms. He was aIso a writer and producer, and was an Honorary Life Member of the Director's Guild of America. |
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