Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949)
Genre : Mystery
Runtime : 1H 16M
Director : Godfrey Grayson
Writer : Ambrose Grayson, Roy Plomley
Synopsis
An heiress suddenly vanishes! A detective comes to the forlorn mansion of the missing heiress's wheel-chair-ridden uncle to discover the secret behind the disappearance.
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