The Forgotten Step
The Forgotten Step

The Forgotten Step

Genres

Drama

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An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises a scheme to get back his wealth through insurance fraud with the added consequence of potentially killing hundreds of people. His scheme is to place his art collection aboard a ship, insure the collection far beyond its value, and place a barrel of dynamite with a clock-piece timed to go off when the ship is at sea.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

10 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

20 May 1938

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator

Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley

The Art Collector

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