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The Great Swindle
“TRAPPING FIREBUGS..With Evidence To Burn..And Thrills To Spare!”
80%
Movie
58m
AI Analysis
The Great Swindle (1941) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Great Swindle (1941) — a movie tagged as Drama and Mystery with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he lose… Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~58 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Great Swindle 80% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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The Great Swindle is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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Synopsis
In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1941-04-10
- Runtime
- 58m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 601290
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In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartmen... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Great Swindle is approximately 58 minutes.
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