Jan 13, 1940
56 min
Full-HD

City of Chance (1940)

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

Category

Crime Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

20th Century Fox

Lynn Bari

Julie Reynolds

C. Aubrey Smith

The Judge

Donald Woods

Steve Walker

Amanda Duff

Lois Carlyle Blane

June Gale

Molly

Richard Lane

Marty Connors

Robert Lowery

Ted Blaine

Alexander D'Arcy

Baron Joseph

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