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A Bill of Divorcement is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 31 may 1940 with Maureen O'Hara

A Bill of Divorcement (1940)

A Bill of Divorcement
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Released in USA 31 may 1940
Length 1h14
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating58% 2.9103852.9103852.9103852.9103852.910385

A Bill of Divorcement is a 1940 film directed by John Farrow. It was also known as Never to Love and was based on a play that was filmed in 1932 with Katharine Hepburn.

Synopsis

Hilary Fairchild returns home after a long spell in a lunatic asylum.

Actors

Maureen O'Hara

(Sydney Fairfield)Adolphe Menjou

(Hilary Fairfield)Fay Bainter

(Margaret "Meg" Fairfield)Herbert Marshall

(Gray Meredith)May Whitty

(Aunt Hester Fairfield)
And :
Patric Knowles
C. Aubrey Smith
Ernest Cossart
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