Grand Jury (1936)
HUNTING DOWN THE MAD DOGS of the UNDERWORLD
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 1M
Director : Albert S. Rogell
Writer : Philip G. Epstein, Joseph Fields, James Edward Grant, Thomas Lennon
Synopsis
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