Village Tale

Village Tale

Drama of Searing Conflict...Bitterly Waged in One Small Corner of the World...

NR 1935 · 80 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

Directed by John Cromwell · Written by Allan Scott

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