Umney's Last Case
Apr 08, 2006 | IMDB 7
18 min Watch NowCrime, Mystery
It’s just another ordinary day in 1930s Los Angeles for private investigator Clyde Umney, until a new client walks into his office. Umney soon learns that his client is the crime-fiction writer who not only created him, but now needs to switch places with him.
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