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Babies for Sale
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Babies for Sale

Jun 14, 1940
1h 5m
★ 5.5

Mothers! What would you take for your baby?

Overview

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Rochelle Hudson

Ruth Williams

Rochelle Hudson

Glenn Ford

Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson

Glenn Ford

Miles Mander

Dr. Rankin

Miles Mander

Joe De Stefani

Dr. John Gaines (as Joseph Stefani)

Joe De Stefani

Isabel Jewell

Edith Drake

Isabel Jewell

Georgia Caine

Iris Talbot

Georgia Caine

Evan Hyde

Gerda Honaker

Evan Hyde

Selmer Jackson

Arthur Kingsley

Selmer Jackson

Mary Currier

Mrs. Thelma Kingsley

Mary Currier

Edwin Stanley

Mr. Edwards

Edwin Stanley

Douglas Wood

Dr. Aleshire

Douglas Wood

John Qualen

Howard Anderson

John Qualen