Widower's Houses

Widower's Houses

1975 · 102 min · Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Two friends, Harry and William, meet the respectable Mr. Sartorius and his lovely daughter Blanche on the trip. Harry falls in love with Blanche and proposes to her. But it suddenly turns out that Sartorius made his entire fortune through fraud. What should an honest young man do?

Directed by Leonid Gallis

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