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The Hidden Master(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-04-20
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Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
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Movie: The Hidden Master
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John Nesbitt
Self - Narrator (voice)
Peter Cushing
Robert Clive of India
Dorothy Granger
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Harry Jones (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Dr. William Roentgen (uncredited)
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Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
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1940-04-20
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