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A House Divided is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Wyler released in USA on 5 december 1931 with Walter Huston
A House Divided (1931)
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Add to a movie listA House Divided is a 1931 American Pre-Code feature film directed by William Wyler, starring Walter Huston, Douglass Montgomery (billed as Kent Douglass), and Helen Chandler, and released by Universal Pictures.
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A widowed fisherman (Huston) falls in love with and marries a younger woman (Chandler), who falls in love with the man's son (Montgomery).Actors
Walter Huston
(Seth Law)
Helen Chandler
(Ruth Evans)
Douglass Montgomery
(Matt Law)
Lloyd Ingraham
(Doctor)
Charles Middleton
(Minister)
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