Salvation Jane

Salvation Jane

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Salvation Jane

1927

1h 6m

8.0(1 votes)

Crime

Overview

An ambitious tenement girl forced into a life of crime has a change of heart when her victim tries to kill himself.

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4 members

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Viola Dana

Salvation Jane

Viola Dana

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Fay Holderness

Captain Carrie Brown

Fay Holderness

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Erville Alderson

Gramp

Erville Alderson

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J. Parks Jones

Jerry O'Day

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