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The Devil's Daughter is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 17 december 1939 with Nina Mae McKinney
The Devil's Daughter (1939)
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Add to a movie listThe Devil's Daughter, also known as Pocomania, is a 1939 American film directed by Arthur H. Leonard.
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Sylvia Walton (Ida James) of Harlem inherits a Jamaican banana plantation and returns to manage it. Since her arrival, there's been no sign of her disinherited half-sister Isabelle (Nina Mae McKinney), who ran the plantation until their father's death. But Sylvia, her two rival suitors, and her comic-relief servant Percy are disturbed by the constant, growing sound of drums.Actors
Nina Mae McKinney
(Isabelle Walton)
Jack Carter
(Philip Ramsay)
Jack Carter
Francine Larrimore
(Island Girl)
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