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The Old Skinflint

The Old Skinflint

1942 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

An Italian immigrant accumulates wealth for their children, all consider him a miserable, until one day one of her children gives a very big disappointment and dies of a heart attack. Their children begin to spend the fortune he had amassed his father.

Directed by Lucas Demare · Written by Carlos Damel

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