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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

United States of America, 1939
film

A ventriloquist (Edgar Bergen) solves a murder with help from his dummies, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.

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Cuba

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A Crime to fit the punishment

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Meet John Doe

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Black rain

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Crime + Punishment

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The Paper

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Double indemnity (TEFC)

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Station 10

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Married to the mob

United States, 1988
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Dick Tracy. Vol. 2

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