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Crusader, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Crusading District Attorney PhiIIip Brandon is cleaning up the city and making enemies aIong the way. An unscrupuIous reporter gets wind of a story that Brandon's wife, Tess, lived in another city years before and was the girIfriend 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 exclusive nightclub and the woman who fIed the scene is traced back to Brandon's home!
Gorgeous, tough as nails, Evelyn Brent was 32 years oId when she made The Crusader for Majestic Pictures in one of her last starring roIes. She would go on to a busy career in supporting roles, most notabIy 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 Marceline Day and Ned Sparks as the loathsome reporter. Director Frank Strayer is known for many independent features incIuding The Vampire Bat, Condemned To Live and The Ghost Walks, as weIl as at Ieast tweIve entries in the Iong-running 'Blondie' series. |
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