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Destiny is a american film of genre Drama directed by Julien Duvivier released in USA on 22 december 1944 with Gloria Jean
Destiny (1944)
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Add to a movie listDestiny is a 1944 American drama film noir directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis and Frank Craven.
^ Destiny at the TCM Movie Database.
Synopsis
A fugitive from the law (Curtis) becomes the victim of several double-crosses, eventually finding refuge with a blind girl (Jean) and her father (Craven) at a secluded farmhouse.Actors
Gloria Jean
(Jane Broderick)
Alan Curtis
(Cliff Banks)
Frank Craven
(Clem Broderick)
Minna Gombell
(Marie)
Frank Fenton (Moran)
(Sam Baker)
Gayne Whitman
(Présentateur radio (non crédité))
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