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Flight from Destiny is a american film of genre Drama directed by Vincent Sherman released in USA on 8 february 1941 with Geraldine Fitzgerald
Flight from Destiny (1941)
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Add to a movie listFlight from Destiny is a 1941 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Barry Trivers. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn, James Stephenson, Mona Maris and Jonathan Hale. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 8, 1941.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Betty Farroway)
Thomas Mitchell
(Prof. Henry Todhunter)
Jeffrey Lynn
(Michael Farroway)
James Stephenson
(Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens)
Mona Maris
(Ketti Moret)
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