22 Jan 2018
Matryoshka Doll
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Women in Hiding
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.
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Marsha Hunt Jane Taylor
Jane Drummond Alice aka Bunny
Mary Bovard Mary Wilson
C. Henry Gordon Dr. Mansby
Granville Bates Dr. Bates
Barbara Bedford Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Margaret Bert Nurse (uncredited)
Wade Boteler Mr. Pelton (uncredited)
Edward Fielding Dr. Mallory (uncredited)
William Forrest Investigator (uncredited)
Edward Hearn Policeman (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton Alice's Father (uncredited)
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