The Shop at Sly Corner

The Shop at Sly Corner

1947 · 91 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Crime

In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.

Directed by George King · Written by Reginald Long

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