C.O.D.: A Mellow Drama

C.O.D.: A Mellow Drama

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C.O.D.: A Mellow Drama

1929

0h 11m

5.5(2 votes)

Crime

Overview

Film number 3 of the British Avantgarde BFI tape is a tricky crime short where you never get to see the faces of the actors or any conclusive idea what the story is about (if there is one). It's a quite interesting anthology of typical mystery scenes and shots exposing the genre to its barest essentia

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Desmond Dickens

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