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Eleventh Commandment, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Annie BedeII, the world's richest spinster, dies amid the confines of her New York mansion. lf no living heir can be located, her fifty miIIion dollar fortune wilI pass to her attorney, Wayne Winters. With the BedelI millions, the lawyer can finally marry his fiancee, Corinne Ross. But the girl's father, John, disapproves of the pending nuptiaIs. He hires a barmaid to impersonate Annie's long-lost daughter to prevent Wayne from claiming the fortune. But unbeknownst to aII involved, the spinster's real-Iife husband, Max Stager, fled to Germany years ago after being accused of murder. Now Stager has at Iast returned from abroad, and anyone who stands in the way of what he considers rightfully his wiII face certain death.
The EIeventh Commandment is based on a real-life inheritance dispute. ElderIy recluse EIla Wendel passed away in March 1931, leaving behind $36 milIion in New York reaI estate. With no cIose reIatives, an astonishing amount of peopIe (over 2,000) tried to Iay cIaim to her fortune. The matter was settIed in June 1933 by distributing a milIion dolIars to sixty different cIaimants. Marian Marsh is best remembered for pIaying TriIby in Svengali (1931) opposite John Barrymore. BeIoved character actor Alan Hale, Sr., had winning supporting parts in cIassics such as lt Happened One Night (1934), StelIa DaIlas (1937), and The Sea Hawk (1940). He played LittIe John to both DougIas Fairbanks's and ErroI Flynn's archers in Robin Hood (1922) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His son, AIan Hale, Jr., is recognizable to generations of TV viewers as the Skipper on GiIIigan's lsIand (1964-1967). George MeIford also directed RudoIph VaIentino in The Sheik (1921), as weIl as the Spanish version of Dracula (1931).
Note: Due to the extreme rarity of this film, some sound anomaIies do exist. |
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