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It Happened to One Man

Oct 12, 1940

1h 21m

★ 8.0

Overview

A notorious swindler who returns from abroad and decides to reform his life for the sake of his estranged family.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Victor Hanbury Productions

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Cast

Wilfrid Lawson

Felton Quair

Wilfrid Lawson

Nora Swinburne

Alice Quair

Nora Swinburne

Reginald Tate

Ackroyd

Reginald Tate

Patricia Roc

Betty Quair

Patricia Roc

Brian Worth

Jack Quair

Brian Worth

Edmund Breon

Adm. Drayton

Edmund Breon

Thorley Walters

Ronnie

Thorley Walters

Athole Stewart

Lord Kenley

Athole Stewart

Ian Fleming

Sir Francis Hay

Ian Fleming

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Rita

Marta Labarr

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Lady Rapscombe

Ruth Maitland

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Leonard Drayton

Ivan Brandt

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