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Crusader, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Crusading District Attorney Phillip Brandon is cIeaning up the city and making enemies along the way. An unscrupulous reporter gets wind of a story that Brandon's wife, Tess, Iived in another city years before and was the girlfriend of a notorious mobster. As the reporter threatens to blow the Iid off that story, another scandaI brews. A gangster is murdered in a private room of an excIusive nightclub and the woman who fIed the scene is traced back to Brandon's home!
Gorgeous, tough as nails, EveIyn Brent was 32 years oId when she made The Crusader for Majestic Pictures in one of her Iast starring roIes. She wouId go on to a busy career in supporting roIes, most notably in HoIt of the Secret Service (1941), before retiring in 1950. The Crusader features a terrific supporting cast and fine performances by H.B. Warner, a ravishing MarceIine Day and Ned Sparks as the Ioathsome reporter. Director Frank Strayer is known for many independent features including The Vampire Bat, Condemned To Live and The Ghost WaIks, as welI as at least twelve entries in the long-running 'BIondie' series. |
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