Abandoned (1949)

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78 min - Crime | Drama | Film-Noir - 28 November 1949 (Sweden)

6.7

Ratings: 6.7/10 from 75 users
Reviews: 6 user | 4 critic

Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.

Director:

Joseph M. Newman

Writers:

Irwin Gielgud (original screenplay), William Bowers (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm and Marjorie Rambeau

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Dennis O'Keefe	...	Mark Sitko
	Gale Storm	...	Paula Considine
	Marjorie Rambeau	...	Mrs. Leona Donner
	Raymond Burr	...	Kerric
	Will Kuluva	...	Little Guy Decola
	Jeff Chandler	...	Chief MacRae
	Meg Randall	...	Dottie Jensen
	Jeanette Nolan	...	Major Ross
	David Clarke	...	Harry, Mrs. Donner's Chauffeur
	Mike Mazurki	...	Hoppe
	Sid Tomack	...	Humes, missing persons office clerk
	Ruth Sanderson	...	Mrs. Spence
	William Frambes	...	Scoop, cub reporter (as William Page)
	Perc Launders	...	Detective Dowd
	Steve Darrell	...	Detective Brenn

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Storyline

An expose of the baby-profiteering racket as told through the story of an unwed-mother. whose family and friends start an investigation as to the whereabouts of her baby. This leads to and through an organized gang led by a society matron. The girl is found dead and while it looks like a suicide, the girl's sister and a newspaper reporter think it is murder. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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