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London Blackout Murders is a 1943 American crime film directed by George Sherman and written by Curt Siodmak. The film stars John Abbott, Mary McLeod, Lloyd Corrigan, Lester Matthews, Anita Sharp-Bolster and Louis Borel. The film was released on January 15, 1943, by Republic Pictures.
- George Sherman
- Republic Pictures
London Blackout Murders: Directed by George Sherman. With John Abbott, Mary McLeod, Lloyd Corrigan, Lester Matthews. A man helps the authorities uncover a ring of murderous German spies in wartime London.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- George Sherman
- 1943-01-15
Gordon Frederick Cummins (18 February 1914 – 25 June 1942) was a British serial killer known as the Blackout Killer, the Blackout Ripper and the Wartime Ripper, who murdered four women and attempted to murder two others over a six-day period in London in February 1942.
- The Blackout Killer, The Blackout Ripper, The Wartime Ripper
- Execution by hanging
- Marjorie Stevens (m. 1936)
- Royal Air Force serviceman
Discovered by two meter readers as they were let in a Soho flat, the butchered body of 35-year-old Evelyn Oatley was a horrifying sight. This time the victim was so viciously slashed that her injuries shocked the investigating officers.
Apr 18, 2023 · Gordon Frederick Cummins took advantage of London’s wartime conditions and gained infamy as the “Blackout Ripper.” (Historynet Archives) Dobkin’s tale is an extreme example, but he was far from the only Englishman who ventured into criminality during the war.
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Summaries. A man helps the authorities uncover a ring of murderous German spies in wartime London. During the dark days of World War II, young Mary Tillet is bombed out of her home and forced to seek lodgings upstairs from a tobacconist. Her kindly but mysterious landlord, Jack Rawlings, attempts to transform the empty, web-strewn apartment ...
01/15/1943 (US) Drama , Crime 59m. User. Score. Overview. A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home.
