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Dancers in the Dark (1932) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1932 · 74 mins · English
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- Directed by
- David Burton
- Starring
- Paul Fix, George Raft, DeWitt Jennings, Claire Dodd, William Collier Jr., Maurice Black
A daring bandleader sets his sights on a captivating dancer, arranging for her musician boyfriend to be sent away. While she is torn between love and hatred and even sings a haunting melody of death, a ruthless gangster also covets her, turning the romance into a dangerous love‑triangle.
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