“By Any Means” and the Pitfalls of Entertainment
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O.H.M.S. (1937)
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.
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American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.
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Genre:Action, Comedy, Drama
Written By:Lesser Samuels, Austin Melford, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Ralph Gilbert Bettison
In Theaters:4/15/1937
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Runtime:87 minutes
Studio:Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
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