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John Halifax is a film of genre Drama directed by George King with Nancy Burne
John Halifax (1938)
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Add to a movie listJohn Halifax is a 1938 British drama film directed by George King and starring John Warwick, Nancy Burne and Roddy McDowall. It is based on the novel John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Craik.
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