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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-12-31
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Time: 1h 30m
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Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Saloon Productions
Movie: The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
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Jeff Siggins
Archie
Greta Thyssen
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Hurd Hatfield
Father
Paul Benedict
Wells Fargo Ferguson
Severn Darden
H.S. Stevens
Ray Reinhardt
Judge Parker
Louis Waldon
Shadbelly Higgins
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Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.
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1965-12-31
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