Quiet Please, Murder

Quiet Please, Murder

NR 1943 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.

Directed by John Francis Larkin · Written by Lawrence G. Blochman

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