Burnt Fingers

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Burnt Fingers
Directed by Maurice S. Campbell
Written by G. Marion Burton
Maurice Campbell
Produced by J.C. Barnstyn
Starring
Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr.
Production
company
J.C. Barnstyn Productions
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
February 20, 1927
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Burnt Fingers is a 1927 American mystery film directed by Maurice S. Campbell and starring Eileen Percy, Ivan Doline and Edna Murphy. [1]

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A young woman working as a dancer at a nightclub goes to confront a man who is blackmailing her friend with incriminating letters. When he is killed, she comes under suspicion of murder. However it turns out that he was a foreign spy, and she had nothing to do with his slaying.

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References

  1. Wlaschin p.41

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