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Babies for Sale is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Barton released in USA on 14 june 1940 with Glenn Ford

Babies for Sale (1940)

Babies for Sale
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Released in USA 14 june 1940
Length 1h5
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating60% 3.0476053.0476053.0476053.0476053.047605

Babies for Sale is a 1940 drama film starring Glenn Ford and Rochelle Hudson and directed by Charles Barton.

Actors

Glenn Ford

(Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson)
Rochelle Hudson

(Ruth Williams)
Miles Mander

(Dr. Rankin)
Joseph De Stefani

(Dr. John Gaines (as Joseph Stefani))
Isabel Jewell

(Edith Drake)
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