The Marriage Swindler

The Marriage Swindler

1938 · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

A confidence trickster is released from prison and travels to a village where he blackmails and tricks women out of their savings.

Directed by Herbert Selpin · Written by Fritz Wendhausen

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