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Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

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Runtime: 73 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A policeman helps a woman locate her husband when she comes to the Bureau of Missing Persons. He's been murdered but Bette Davis gets cleared in the process of finding him. An odd but pleasant comedy-drama.... A policeman helps a woman locate her husband when she comes to the Bureau of Missing Persons. He's been murdered but Bette Davis gets cleared in the process of finding him. An odd but pleasant comedy-drama. [More]

Starring: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins

Starring: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Glenda Farrell, Alan Dinehart, George Chandler, Hugh Herbert

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Director: Roy Del Ruth

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Oct 28, 1992

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Terrific, fast-paced pre-Code cynical comedy melodrama.

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So the story's not perfect! But this was a fun programmer, fast-paced and a typical Warner's potboiler of that time period.

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