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Wednesday's Luck is a 1936 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring Wilson Coleman, Susan Bligh, Patrick Barr and Moore Marriott. [1]

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A detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of criminals.

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References

  1. BFI.org