1945

1h 27m

5.6(23 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

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12 members

Acting

Jimmy Lydon

Paul Cartwright

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Warren William

Brett Curtis

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Sally Eilers

Virginia Cartwright

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Regis Toomey

Dr. Vincent

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Charles Arnt

Professor Muhlbach

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George H. Reed

Benjamin

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Jayne Hazard

Dorothy Cartwright

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Jimmy Clark

George Hanover

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Mary McLeod

Lydia

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Pierre Watkin

District Attorney Wallace Armstrong

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Sonia Sorel

Charlotte Farber

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Theresa Harris

Maid

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