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  • The Donovan Affair (1929)
  • Passed
    83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Donovan Affair (1929)
Passed
83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up with his assistant Carney. In order to get a clear picture of what took place, Killany decides to ...See moreThe lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up with his assistant Carney. In order to get a clear picture of what took place, Killany decides to have the crime re-enacted (with a substitute for the murdered man). The lights are turned out, and another man is murdered. This doesn't faze the Inspector one little bit, and he asks for a third re-enactment. The suspect list dwindles. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Frank Capra (as Frank R. Capra)
Writers
Owen Davis (play) | Howard J. Green (screenplay) (as Howard Green) (titles) | Dorothy Howell (screenplay)
Producer
Cinematographer
Ted Tetzlaff (as Teddy Tetzlaff)
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Updated Apr 11, 1929

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Apr 11, 1929 (United States)

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