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Mantrap
UNITED KINGDOM · 1953

Mantrap

Terence Fisher
wrongful conviction asylum escape murder mystery detective noir redemption
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Synopsis

Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visi

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