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The Desired Woman is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 27 august 1927 with Irene Rich
The Desired Woman (1927)
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Add to a movie listThe Desired Woman is a lost 1927 silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz.
Actors
Irene Rich
(Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney)
William Russell
(Captain Maxwell)
William Collier Jr.
(Lieutenant Larry Trent)
Douglas Gerrard
(Fitzroy)
John Miljan
(Lieutenant Kellogg)
Richard Tucker
(Sir Sydney Vincent)
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