It's A Small World

It's A Small World

THEY DIDN'T fall IN LOVE THEY crashed IN!

NR 1935 · 70 min · ★ 6.0 · Romance, Comedy

Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.

Directed by Irving Cummings · Written by Gladys Lehman

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