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Fog Over Frisco is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 2 june 1934 with Bette Davis
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
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Add to a movie listFog Over Frisco is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Robert N. Lee and Eugene Solow was based on the short story The Five Fragments by George Dyer.
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Arlene Bradford (Bette Davis) is a spoiled, bored, wealthy socialite who finances her extravagant lifestyle by exploiting her fiancé Spencer Carlton's (Lyle Talbot) access to her stepfather's brokerage firm and using her connection to steal security bonds for crime boss Jake Bello (Irving Pichel).Actors
Bette Davis
(Arlene Bradford)
Donald Woods
(Tony Sterling)
Margaret Lindsay
(Valkyr 'Val' Bradford)
Hugh Herbert
(Izzy Wright)
Lyle Talbot
(Spencer Carlton)
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