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Chain of Circumstance

Chain of Circumstance

Judged unfit to be a mother!

1951•1h 8m
Drama

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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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Richard Grayson

Tom Dawson

Margaret Field

Margaret Field

Dell Dawson

Marta Mitrovich

Evie Carpenter

Harold J. Kennedy

Marvin

Helen Wallace

Helen Wallace

Emily Greer

Connie Gilchrist

Connie Gilchrist

Mrs. Mullins

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)

Sumner Getchell

Sumner Getchell

Fred Martindale

James Griffith

James Griffith

Sid

Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

Traeger

Percy Helton

Percy Helton

Fogel

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Lt. Fenning

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Lt. Sands

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