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One Third of a Nation

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One Third of a Nation

5.8

1h 19m

1939

Synopsis

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

Director

Dudley Murphy

Drama

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Cast & Crew

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

as Mary Rogers

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

as Peter Cortlant

Myron McCormick

Myron McCormick

as Sam Moon

Hiram Sherman

as Donald Hinchley

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

as Joey Rogers

Muriel Hutchison

Muriel Hutchison

as Ethel Cortlant

Percy Waram

Percy Waram

as Arthur Mather

Otto Hulett

Otto Hulett

as Assistant District Attorney

Horace Sinclair

as John (Butler)

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