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The Girl from Chicago
From Mississippi to the Harlem numbers racket.
A federal agent on assignment in Mississippi falls in love and follows the woman to Harlem, where they are drawn into the numbers racket and the killing of a Cuban racketeer.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux · Starring Carl Mahon · Star Calloway · Grace Smith · Juano Hernández
Content note: Gun violence and a killing; gambling and the numbers racket.
Why this film is free to watch
It is in the public domain in the United States: its copyright was never renewed or it was published without a copyright notice, so it belongs to everyone. Haukley streams it in the U.S. only.
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