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The Man Who Returned to Life is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 5 february 1942 with John Howard
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Man Who Returned to Life is a 1942 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Gordon Rigby.
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David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the Jameson farm. Believed to be the remains of Jameson, Beth's brother, Clyde Beebe, is charged with the murder and sentenced to die. David returns to his home town in an attempt to exonerate Clyde.Actors
John Howard
(David Hampton Jameson / George Bishop)
Lucile Fairbanks
(Jane Meadows Bishop)
Ruth Ford
(Beth Beebe)
Marcella Martin
(Daphne Turner)
Elisabeth Risdon
(Minerva Sunday)
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