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Do detectives think?

United States, 1927
film

An escaped convict (Young) is out to kill the judge (Finlayson) who sentenced him. Two inept detectives (Laurel & Hardy) are hired to guard the judge.

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With time to kill

Australia, 1987
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Dark passage

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We're no angels

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Murder

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Beyond a reasonable doubt

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Blaze away

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Dead reckoning

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The Enforcer

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High noon (Captioned)

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Suspicion

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High Sierra

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Similarity: 70%

Three fugitives (Captioned)

United States, 1989
Similarity: 70%

The Ladykillers

United Kingdom, 1955
Similarity: 69%

The Fugitive

United States, 1993
Similarity: 69%

High noon

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Night of the execution. Forty detectives later

United States, 1955
Similarity: 69%

Young and Innocent = a Girl Was Young

United Kingdom, 1937
Similarity: 69%

The Quare fellow

United Kingdom, 1962
Similarity: 69%
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