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Guilty Parents(1934)
Status: Released
Date: 1934-04-01
56%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 15m
Overview:
A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Jay-Dee-Kay Productions
Movie: Guilty Parents
Top 10 Billed Cast
John St. Polis
Defense attorney
Robert Frazer
District Attorney
Gertrude Astor
Marie
Isabel La Mal
Mrs. Mason
Lynton Brent
Alfred Brent
Donald Keith
Billy
Glen Boles
Jimmy
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A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.
Release Date
1934-04-01
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5.6
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