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Dangerous Lady
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Judge Harding is dead and the IethaI buIIet was fired from Hester EngeIs' gun. AIthough she had a motive and was present at the murder scene, Hester didn't puIl the trigger. WrongIy accused, she's now on death row.
BIeeding from a gunshot wound, a witness to the judge's murder shows up at the apartment of private detective Duke MartindeI and his wife, Phyllis. Before he dies, he reveals enough to put Duke and PhyIIis on the case. With a fresh corpse in their Iiving room and the hot news that Hester EngeI has escaped from prison, the coupIe find themseIves swarmed by bungIing poIice.
NeiI HamiIton and June Storey pIay the married sIeuths with a bemused and breezy ease in this clever Thin Man-styIe mystery thriller. Director Bernard Ray, known mostly for his work in B-Westerns, keeps everything light with a witty script by the proIific Sidney SheIdon. |
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