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Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.
Cast
Patric Knowles, Nancy O'Neil, Henry Caine, Henrietta Watson, Charlotte Leigh, Shayle Gardner, Edward Dalby, Eliot Makeham, Bruce Winston, Louis Goodrich, Dick Francis, Charles Hawtrey
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