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When Men Betray is a film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Micheaux released in USA on 1 september 1929 with Lorenzo Tucker
When Men Betray (1929)
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Add to a movie listWhen Men Betray is a 1929 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film details the plight of a young woman who falls in love and marries a glib con artist who abandons her without money on their wedding night.
No print of When Men Betray is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.
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Origin USA
Genres Drama
Rating66%
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