Nancy Steele Is Missing!

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Nancy Steele Is Missing!

"STIRRING AS THE CRY OF A WOMAN IN TERROR!"

1937

1h 24m

6.7(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Victor McLaglen

Dannie O'Neill

Walter Connolly

Michael Steele

Peter Lorre

Professor Sturm

June Lang

Sheila O'Neill / Nancy Steele

Robert Kent

Jimmie Wilson

Shirley Deane

The false Nancy Steele

John Carradine

Harry Wilkins

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Frank Conroy

Dan Mallon

Granville Bates

Flaherty

Creative team

Directed by: George Marshall
Written by: Gene Fowler
Charles Francis Coe
Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck

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