
The Damned Don't Cry(1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewel thieves

Diana Napier
Eleanor Parton

John Bentley
DuCane
John Oxford
Bromley

Patricia Owens
Anna Hastings
Kenneth Hyde
Jim Prentiss
Sheila Robins
Nina Revere

Willoughby Goddard
John Hartley
Richard Gatehouse
Bait is a crime, drama film released in 1950. Directed by Frank Richardson, it stars Diana Napier, John Bentley, John Oxford. John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewel thieves
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