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Idle Hands

1921 · 60 min

A silent-era crime melodrama that plays on shadowy menace and moral rot, asking patience but rewarding with pulpy atmosphere.

Directed by
Frank Reicher
Genres
Drama
Overview
Marjorie Travers has vanished in Chinatown and and her older sister Gloria appeals to the Mayor for help. But the the Mayor has assigned Commissioner Deering to investigate her disappearance not knowing that Deering is head of the underworld.
How it feels
Dark, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Corruption, crime, deception, power
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Frank Reicher
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Written by
J. Clarkson Miller, Willard King Bradley
Starring
Gail Kane, Thurston Hall, J. Herbert Frank, William Bechtel, Nellie Burt, Paul M. Lane, Norbert Wicki, Mademoiselle Dazie
Runtime
60 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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