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HE SMILED AT MURDER!
A struggling writer becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when his publisher is found dead in a manner mirroring one of the writer's proposed mystery storylines.
Chester Morris
Jeffrey Andrews
Constance Dowling
Evelyn Green
Steven Geray
Lloyd Harrison
James Bell
Det. Lt. Fred Applegate
William Forrest
Henry Small
Sid Tomack
Mike, the waiter-bartender
Paul E. Burns
The Night Watchman
Harry Strang
Detective in White Hat
Robert Gordon
Director
Ted Richmond
Producer
Feb 6, 1947
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