The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden

1925 · 91 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama, Romance

Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Written by Eliot Stannard

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