Woman Against the World

Directed by David Selman
1937    66m    Approved
5.8
Anna Plummer (Alice Moore), daughter of a Canadian farmer, secretly marries against her father's will. She and her young husband, Johnny Masters (Edgar Edwards), move to a big city, shortly before Anna gives birth to a daughter he is killed in a holdup. Anna is compelled to take her baby into the home of her domineering aunt (Ethel Reese-Burns), and in a quarrel, when Anna learns that her aunt has given her daughter away to be adopted, Anna accidentally kills the aunt. Anna goes to prison for five years for manslaughter. Later, she is aided by a rising young attorney, Larry Steele (Ralph Forbes)in her battle and quest to get her child back. A UK-quota film for Columbia.
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Cast of Woman Against the World
  • Alice MooreAnna Masters
  • Ralph ForbesLarry Steele
  • Edgar EdwardsJohnny Masters
  • Collette LyonsPatsy
  • Sylvia WelshBetty Jane
  • Ethel Reese-BurnsAunt Frieda
  • George HallettAnna's Father
  • James McGrathJames Flavin
  • Harry HayHenry Martin
  • Enid ColeMrs. Martin
  • Grant MacDonaldJimmy Daley
  • Fred BassProsecuting Attorney
  • Reginald HincksThe Judge
  • Vivian CombePrisoner
  • Mary HeppellGilda
  • Michael HeppellSteve
  • Arthur KerrMan Thrown Out of Club
  • David McPheeTaxi Driver
  • Violette WilsonPrison Matron
  • Patrick WormoldRadio Announcer

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