Bread

Bread

Bread

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Bread

1918

1h 0m

6.2(6 votes)

Drama

Overview

Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself out of poverty as she’s ruthlessly exploited by a string of men.

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Edward Cecil

Arnold Train

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Gladys Fox

Estelle Payne

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Kenneth Harlan

Dick Frothingham

Kenneth Harlan

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Mary MacLaren

Candace Newby

Mary MacLaren

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Louis Morrison

Emil Krause

Louis Morrison

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