Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

STIRRING AS THE CRY OF A WOMAN IN TERROR!

NR 1937 · 84 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.

Directed by George Marshall · Written by Gene Fowler

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