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The Ordeal

1922
Directed byPaul Powell
0h 50m

Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled sister, Helen, and her brother, Geoffrey. Bruce becomes jealous of Sybil's attentions to young physician Robert Acton, and when Bruce suffers a heart attack and calls for digitalis, Sybil allows the vial to break and he dies.

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Agnes AyresSybil BruceConrad NagelDr. Robert ActonClarence Burton
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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