If I Were Free
A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
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Director: Dewey Starkey, Elliott Nugent
Actors: Clive Brook, Halliwell Hobbes, Henry Stephenson, Irene Dunne, Laura Hope Crews, Lorraine MacLean, Nils Asther, Tempe Pigott, Vivian Tobin
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