The Hatchet Man (1932)
He kills! She thrills!
Genre : Crime, Drama
Runtime : 1H 14M
Director : William A. Wellman
Writer : J. Grubb Alexander
Synopsis
When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
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Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
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