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Double Cross Roads (1930)
Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang.
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Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Howard Estabrook
In Theaters:4/20/1930
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Runtime:64 minutes
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Cast
George E. Middleton, Alfred L. Werker
Director
Robert Ames
David Harvey
Lila Lee
Mary Carlyle
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Carlyle
Montagu Love
Gene Dyke
Ned Sparks
Happy Max
Thomas E. Jackson
Deuce Wilson
Charlotte Walker
Mrs. Tilton
George MacFarlane
Warden
William V. Mong
Caleb
Thomas Jefferson
Caretaker
Roscoe Ates
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