X Marks the Spot

Year: 1942

Runtime: 55 mins

Language: English

Director: George Sherman

Mystery

A private detective about to join the army is pulled into one last case after his police‑officer father is killed on duty. When his prime suspect is murdered, he’s framed for the homicide. As more witnesses are eliminated, he becomes a fugitive, hunted by both police and former Prohibition gangsters now running a blood‑money black‑market racket.

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