Man on Fire

Man on Fire

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1957-08-22
Genre:Drama
Duration:95 min
Director:Ranald MacDougall
Actors:Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Fickett, E.G. Marshall, Malcolm Brodrick
Production:Bing Crosby Productions, Sol C. Siegel Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.

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