Babies for Sale

Babies for Sale

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:1940-06-14
Genre:Drama
Duration:65 min
Director:Charles Barton
Actors:Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander, Joe De Stefani, Isabel Jewell
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.

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