The Betrayal
The Unforgettable story of Martin Eden, young Negro man of Conquest, who built an agricultural empire in the Dakota Wilderness - with the strangest love story ever told!
NR 1948 · 183 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama
In this film, African-American Leroy Collins struggles with the onus placed on him by Society when he falls in love with a white woman.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
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Cast
- W William Byrd Jack Stewart
- L Leroy Collins Martin Eden
- V Verlie Cowan Linda
- F Frances De Young Mrs. Bowles
- V Vernon B. Duncan Duval
- E Edward Fraction Nelson Boudreaux
- H Harris Gaines Dr. Lee
- J Jessie Johnson Preble
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