A notorious swindler who returns from abroad and decides to reform his life for the sake of his estranged family.
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Wilfrid Lawson
Felton Quair
Nora Swinburne
Alice Quair
Reginald Tate
Ackroyd
Patricia Roc
Betty Quair
Brian Worth
Jack Quair
Edmund Breon
Adm. Drayton
Thorley Walters
Ronnie
Athole Stewart
Lord Kenley
Ian Fleming
Sir Francis Hay
Marta Labarr
Rita
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