Miracle on Main Street(1939)
Could she trust any man again?
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Movie: Miracle on Main Street
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Maria Porter
Jim Foreman
Dr. Miles
Mrs. Herman
Dick Porter
Sade Blake
Flo
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On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Release Date
1939-12-19
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Could she trust any man again?
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