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She Had to Eat

5.619371h 14mNRMovieAdventureComedyCrime

An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.

DirectorMalcolm St. Clair
WritersJames Edward Grant·Samuel G. Engel
ProducerSamuel G. Engel

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Cast · Directed by Malcolm St. Clair

JHJack Haley
Jack Haley
Danny Decker
RHRochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson
Ann Garrison
ATArthur Treacher
Arthur Treacher
Carter
EPEugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette
Raymond Q. Nash
DFDouglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
Duke Stacey
JQJohn Qualen
John Qualen
Sleepy
MCMaurice Cass
Maurice Cass
Fingerprint Expert
WCWallis Clark
Wallis Clark
Ralph Wilkinson - G-Man
LT
Lelah Tyler
Mrs. Cue
TKTom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Pete
TDTom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Rusty
FPFranklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
Mr. Phoecian-Wylie

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