The Man Who Was Nobody

The Man Who Was Nobody

1960 · 58 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime

A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. He then disappears and both the police and a lawyer try to find him. The lawyer hires a female detective to track down the missing man, but when his body is found in the Thames the case is by no means over.

Directed by Montgomery Tully · Written by James Eastwood

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