The Port of 40 Thieves

A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong.

Cast

Stephanie Bachelor

as Muriel Chaney

Tom Keene

as Scott Barton

Lynne Roberts

as Nancy Hubbard Chaney

Olive Blakeney

as Caroline Hubbard

Russell Hicks

as Charles Farrington

George Meeker

as Frederick St. Clair

Mary Field

as Della

Ellen Lowe

as Miss Jones

Patricia Knox

as Gladys Burns

John Hamilton

as Mr. Fellows

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