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In French with English subtitles. Also known as Accused, Stand Up!
Veteran filmmaker Maurice Tourneur made his talking-picture bow with 1930's Accusee Levez-vous (Accused - Stand Up) The story opens during rehearsals of a Parisian musical revue. The star, a fading actress hoping for a comeback, inaugurates a romance with the male half of a knife-throwing act. The man's female partner, overhearing the cooing couple, vows revenge on the actress. Sure enough, the star is killed onstage in the midst of a comedy sketch, with a knife sticking in her back. But is the "obviously" guilty party really the killer?
