An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
Social & External
The people behind it
George Arliss
Sylvanus Heythorp
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Rosamund Larne
Harrington Reynolds
Gilbert Farney
Reginald Sheffield
Bob Pillin
Betty Lawford
Phyllis
Murray Kinnell
Charles Ventnor
Ivan F. Simpson
Joe Pillin
Leon Janney
Jock
Ethel Griffies
Adela Heythorp
Joan McLain
Molly
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