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The Strip (1951)
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
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Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
Rating:NR
Genre:Crime, Drama, Music
Written By:Allen Rivkin
In Theaters:8/31/1951
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Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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