A Cottage on Dartmoor

A Cottage on Dartmoor

A Cottage on Dartmoor

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A Cottage on Dartmoor

1929

1h 28m

7.2(27 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.

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Production Companies

SF Studios

Cast & Crew

5 members

Acting

Norah Baring

Sally, a Manicurist

Norah Baring

Acting

Uno Henning

Joe, a Barber's Assistant

Uno Henning

Acting

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Harry, a Dartmoor Farmer

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Directing

Anthony Asquith

Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Anthony Asquith

Acting

Judd Green

Customer (uncredited)

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