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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Season 2023
Episode 26
A police detective is murdered while trying to infiltrate a smuggling ring in San Francisco. The chief of police brings in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) to help find his best friend’s killer.
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