Singapore Woman

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

Cast

Brenda Marshall

as Vicki Moore

David Bruce

as David Ritchie

Virginia Field

as Claire Weston

Jerome Cowan

as Jim North

Rose Hobart

as Alice North

Heather Angel

as Frieda

Richard Ainley

as John Wetherby

Dorothy Tree

as Mrs. Bennett

Bruce Lester

as Clyde

Connie Leon

as Suwa

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