A Cottage on Dartmoor
Oct 01 1929
•1h 28m
•Thriller, Drama, Crime
A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
Cast
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Norah Baring
Sally, a Manicurist
Uno Henning
Joe, a Barber's Assistant
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Harry, a Dartmoor Farmer
Anthony Asquith
Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)
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