Down Our Street

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Down Our Street
Directed by Harry Lachman
Written byErnest George (play)
Harry Lachman
Produced byS.E. Fitzgibbon
Starring Hugh Williams
Nancy Price
Elizabeth Allan
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • 1932 (1932)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Down Our Street is a 1932 black and white British film directed by Harry Lachman.

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Plot

This drama, set during the Depression, sees the character Charlie Stubbs trying to escape his poverty by becoming a criminal. When this course of action fails he cleans up his act and becomes a cab driver for the woman he loves, Annie Collins. Trouble follows Charlie however when Annie's uncle discovers his past.

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