Escape from Crime

Escape from Crime

I loved a guy with a gun!

1942 · 51 min · ★ 5.5 · Crime

Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman · Written by Daniel Ahern

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