The End of the Road

The End of the Road

1936 · 72 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Music

Itinerant Scot performers: One daughter of a veteran trouper weds a ne'er do well and dies in childbirth.Her spendthrift man goes but later returns to bleed the old man out of remaining savings.Another daughter makes good as a singer.

Directed by Alex Bryce · Written by Edward Dryhurst

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