Chain of Circumstance

Aug 23, 1951

1h 8m

★ 0.0

Judged unfit to be a mother!

Overview

A childless couple adopts a baby girl, but a crime committed by the husband's secretary could cause them to lose custody of the infant.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Chain of Circumstance Trailers

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Cast

Tom Dawson

Richard Grayson

Dell Dawson

Margaret Field

Evie Carpenter

Marta Mitrovich

Marvin

Harold J. Kennedy

Emily Greer

Helen Wallace

Mrs. Mullins

Connie Gilchrist

Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)

Lawrence Dobkin

Fred Martindale

Sumner Getchell

Sid

James Griffith

Traeger

Oliver Blake

Fogel

Percy Helton

Lt. Fenning

Douglas Fowley

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