If I Should Die Before I Wake
A WARNING TO PARENTS! DANGER TO YOUR CHILDREN!
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A dark 1950s noir thriller about a child who stumbles upon a predator's identity, caught between danger and the moral weight of what he knows.
While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
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