Chain of Circumstance

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Chain of Circumstance

"Judged unfit to be a mother!"

1951

1h 8m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

A childless couple adopts a baby girl, but a crime committed by the husband's secretary could cause them to lose custody of the infant.

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13 members

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Richard Grayson

Tom Dawson

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Margaret Field

Dell Dawson

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Marta Mitrovich

Evie Carpenter

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Harold J. Kennedy

Marvin

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Helen Wallace

Emily Greer

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Connie Gilchrist

Mrs. Mullins

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Lawrence Dobkin

Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)

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Sumner Getchell

Fred Martindale

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James Griffith

Sid

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Oliver Blake

Traeger

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Percy Helton

Fogel

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Douglas Fowley

Lt. Fenning

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Carleton Young

Lt. Sands

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