The Dummy Talks
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Duration Director Oswald Mitchell Genre Crime Fiction | 6/10 IMDb Initial release October 25, 1943 Running time 1h 25m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Michael Barringer, Jack Clifford (story), Con West (story) Cast Jack Warner, Claude Hulbert Similar movies Jack Warner appears in The Dummy Talks and Jigsaw, Bulldog Jack (1935), Give Us Tomorrow (1978), Wanted for Murder (1946), The Violent Enemy (1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The dummy talks
The Dummy Talks is a 1943 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Jack Warner, Claude Hulbert and Beryl Orde. It marked the film debut of Jack Warner.
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Synopsis
The murder of a ventriloquist takes place during a variety performance at the Empire Theatre. A midget is then sent in undercover as the dummy.
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Critical reception
Britmovie noted "a number of genuine variety acts add a flavour of the period, although they provide rather too much of the film’s running time" ; and TV Guide called it "a weird but engaging second feature."
References
The Dummy Talks Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Dummy Talks IMDb The Dummy Talks themoviedb.org