Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love

1931 · 79 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.

Directed by Thornton Freeland · Written by Norman Houston

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