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The Ordeal

7.0192250mNRMovieDrama

Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled sister, Helen, and her brother, Geoffrey. Bruce becomes jealous of Sybil's attentions to young physician Robert Acton, and when Bruce…

DirectorPaul Powell
WritersBeulah Marie Dix·W. Somerset Maugham

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Cast · Directed by Paul Powell

AAAgnes Ayres
Agnes Ayres
Sybil Bruce
CNConrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel
Dr. Robert Acton
CBClarence Burton
Clarence Burton
George Bruce
EMEdna Murphy
Edna Murphy
Helen Brayshaw
ASAnne Schaefer
Anne Schaefer
Minnie
GCGino Corrado
Gino Corrado
Gene
AFAdele Farrington
Adele Farrington
Madame St. Levis
EMEdward Martindel
Edward Martindel
Sir Francis Maynard
SDShannon Day
Shannon Day
Kitty
CBClaire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
Elise
ASA. Edward Sutherland
A. Edward Sutherland
Victim

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