Those Who Dance

Those Who Dance

There's an undercurrent of restlessness in this dizzy age- and this is its dramatic revelation.

NR 1924 · 80 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

A federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and the sister of one of the ring's truck drivers to break up the gang.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer · Written by George Kibbe Turner

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